Muscles as Molecular and Metabolic Machines

by Peter W. Hochachka

Book Overview

First published in 1994, this book explores the paradigm of muscles as molecular and metabolic machines in which all structures and functions are exquisitely integrated and matched to each other. The analysis begins with a standard reductionist approach-reviewing the integrated machine parts. The key working components of the complete muscle machine are proteins (soluble, organelle, or membrane localized), and a conservative count indicates that today...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367227800
• ISBN13: 9780367227807
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 176 Pages