title: Structural and Contractile Proteins, Part C: The Contractile Apparatus and the Cytoskeleton, Volume 134: Volume 134: Structural and Contractile Proteins Part C (Methods in Enzymology)
author: Nathan P. Colowick
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zlib_text: Mechanochemical Coupling: Molecular Basis
  24. Mechanochemical Coupling:
  Molecular Basis
  I.  Molecular Basis of Contraction in Striated Muscle 
  A.  Myosin and Actin 
  B.  Troponin, Tropomyosin and Paramyosin 
  C.  Cross-Bridges and Contraction 
  D.  Attachment of the Thin Filaments: α-Actinin and Vinculin 
  E.  Titin and Nebulin 
  Titin
  Nebulin 
  II.  Mechanisms in Other Muscles 
  III.  Movement in Cilia and Flagella 
  IV.  Movement in the Cytoplasm 
  A.  Microfilaments and Microfilament Bundles 
  The actomyosin system
  Actins
  Actin-binding proteins
  B.  Myosins 
  Unconventional myosins and vesicle movement
  Unconventional myosins and cell movement
  Sensory role of myosins
  Myosin and GTP-binding proteins 
  C.  Microtubular Motors 
  Cytoplasmic dynein
  Kinesins
  Motors and mitosis
  D.  Intermediate Filaments 
  V.  Mechanisms of Movement and Comparison of Motors 
  A.  The Movement 
  B.  Inside the Motors 
  C.  Directionality of the Movement 
  VI.  Association of Motors with Vesicles
  VII.  Triggering of Contractio