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Structure of Christmas: move!

In muscle, actin is laid out in a regular series of contraction units, repeated in order. Myosin hauls itself against the actin and catches it, pulling forwards (consuming energy). It then brings in another myosin, which hauls itself against another actin. By this ‘strike and pull’ action, each…

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