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. 2012 Jun 1;3:151. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2012.00151

Figure 1.

Figure 1

A model of the cross-bridge cycle depicting the biochemical mechanical events. d indicates the powerstroke that causes the displacement. ton refers to the duration of strong actomyosin strong-binding. ton is made up of tADP corresponding to the ADP-lifetime and the rigor lifetime trigor. Figure is modified from Debold et al. (2011), reprinted with permission from the American Physiological Society.