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Kinosita, K., Yusuf Ali, M., Adachi, K., Shiroguchi, K., Itoh, H. (2005). How Two-Foot Molecular Motors May Walk. In: Sugi, H. (eds) Sliding Filament Mechanism in Muscle Contraction. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 565. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-24990-7_16
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