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Cell biology

the proposal that a small change at myosin's motor domain is amplified by a swinging lever arm into a large step along actin.

In cell biology, lever arm hypothesis refers to the proposal that a small change at myosin's motor domain is amplified by a swinging lever arm into a large step along actin. This meaning comes from Rayment (1993) in Science.[1]

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References

Rayment, I., Holden, H., Whittaker, M., Yohn, C., Lorenz, M., Holmes, K., & Milligan, R. (1993). Structure of the actin-myosin complex and its implications for muscle contraction. Science, 261(5117), 58-65. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.8316858

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