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Ionic Movements Across the Plasma Membrane of Skeletal Muscle Fibers

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Part of the book series: Membrane Transport in Biology ((MEMBRANE,volume 2))

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The specific function of muscles is to transform chemical into mechanical energy. The production of a twitch, in the case of skeletal muscle, involves a fairly complex sequence of events.

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Venosa, R.A. (1979). Ionic Movements Across the Plasma Membrane of Skeletal Muscle Fibers. In: Tosteson, D.C. (eds) Transport Across Single Biological Membranes. Membrane Transport in Biology, vol 2. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-46375-4_6

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