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. 1960 Dec;154(2):345–353. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1960.sp006583

Maximum activation of the contractile mechanism in frog's skeletal muscle by potassium depolarization

G B Frank
PMCID: PMC1359805  PMID: 13701349

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