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Nature Structural Biology  10, 773 - 775 (2003)
doi:10.1038/nsb1003-773

The missing link in the muscle cross-bridge cycle

Roger S Goody

The author is in the Department of Physical Biochemistry, Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Physiology, Otto-Hahn-Str. 11, 44227 Dortmund, Germany. goody@mpi-dortmund.mpg.de

Four recent studies demonstrate that closing of a cleft in the myosin head is required for actin binding and nucleotide release. This represents a major breakthrough in understanding actomyosin-based motility.

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Electron cryo-microscopy shows how strong binding of myosin to actin releases nucleotide
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