title: A proposed mechanism of contraction in which stepwise shortening is a basic feature.
abstract: A simple model is put forth as an initial attempt to account for the observation that the contractile process is discrete and synchronized over a large region of space.
mesh_terms: D000205:Actomyosin / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000502:physiology; D008954:Models, Biological; D009119:Muscle Contraction; D009210:Myofibrils / Q000502:physiology*; D015879:Myosin Subfragments; D009218:Myosins / Q000502:physiology; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000502:physiology; D012518:Sarcomeres / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D015879:Myosin Subfragments; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D000205:Actomyosin; D009218:Myosins