title: The mechanism of muscle contraction.
abstract: Muscular contraction is essentially the shortening of the S(2) subunits of heavy meromyosin, integrated to macroscopic motion by the thick and thin filaments.
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D009119:Muscle Contraction; D015879:Myosin Subfragments / Q000378:metabolism; D011487:Protein Conformation; D014867:Water / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D015879:Myosin Subfragments; D014867:Water; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate