Force per cross-sectional area from molecules to muscles: a general property of biological motors

How fast do living organisms move: Maximum speeds from bacteria to elephants and whales

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Biomechanical determinants of bite force dimorphism in Cyclommatus metallifer stag beetles

(2014) J. Goyens et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Titin force is enhanced in actively stretched skeletal muscle

(2014) K. Powers et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

The cost of muscle power production: muscle oxygen consumption per unit work increases at low temperatures in Xenopus laevis

(2014) F. Seebacher et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Role of β-hydroxybutyrate, its polymer poly-β-hydroxybutyrate and inorganic polyphosphate in mammalian health and disease

(2014) Elena N. Dedkova et al.   Frontiers in Physiology

Power output of skinned skeletal muscle fibres from the cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)

(2013) T. G. West et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

An embryonic myosin converter domain influences Drosophila indirect flight muscle stretch activation, power generation and flight

(2013) Q. Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Very low force-generating ability and unusually high temperature dependency in hummingbird flight muscle fibers

(2013) P. J. Reiser et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Flexibility within the Heads of Muscle Myosin-2 Molecules

(2013) Neil Billington et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Maximal Force Characteristics of the Ca2+-Powered Actuator of Vorticella convallaria

(2012) Sangjin Ryu et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Lion (Panthera leo) and caracal (Caracal caracal) type IIx single muscle fibre force and power exceed that of trained humans

(2012) T. A. Kohn et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Thin-filament length correlates with fiber type in human skeletal muscle

(2011) David S. Gokhin et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-CELL PHYSIOLOGY

The Fraction of Myosin Motors That Participate in Isometric Contraction of Rabbit Muscle Fibers at Near-Physiological Temperature

(2011) Andrey K. Tsaturyan et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Crystal Structure of the Dynein Motor Domain

(2011) A. P. Carter et al.   SCIENCE

Two Kinesins Transport Cargo Primarily via the Action of One Motor: Implications for Intracellular Transport

(2010) D. Kenneth Jamison et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Isopeptide Bonds Block the Mechanical Extension of Pili in PathogenicStreptococcus pyogenes

(2010) Jorge Alegre-Cebollada et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

The jump of the click beetle (Coleoptera: Elateridae)-energetics and mechanics

(2010) M. E. G. Evans   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

ATP synthases: cellular nanomotors characterized by LILBID mass spectrometry

(2010) Jan Hoffmann et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Size and Shape of Protein Molecules at the Nanometer Level Determined by Sedimentation, Gel Filtration, and Electron Microscopy

(2009) Harold P. Erickson   BIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES ONLINE

In vivo specific tension of the human quadriceps femoris muscle

(2009) Robert M. Erskine et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY

In vivomeasurements of muscle specific tension in adults and children

(2009) Thomas D. O’Brien et al.   EXPERIMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY

Force, function and mechanical advantage in the chelae of the American lobster Homarus americanus (Decapoda: Crustacea)

(2009) Robert W. Elner et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Estimates of mechanical stresses in leg muscles of galloping Greyhounds (Canis familiaris

(2009) A. S. Jayes et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Mechanical stresses in fast locomotion of buffalo (Syncews coffer) and elephant (Loxodonta africana)

(2009) R. McN. Alexander et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

The mechanics of hopping by kangaroos (Macropodidae)

(2009) R. McN. Alexander et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

The mechanics of jumping by a dog (Canis familiaris)

(2009) R. McN. Alexander   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Locomotion in the Coleoptera Adephaga, especially Carabidae

(2009) M. E. G. Evans   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Molecular motors of the bacterial flagella

(2008) Tohru Minamino et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Effect of Intracellular pH on the Torque–Speed Relationship of Bacterial Proton-Driven Flagellar Motor

(2008) Shuichi Nakamura et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Cooperative Retraction of Bundled Type IV Pili Enables Nanonewton Force Generation

(2008) Nicolas Biais et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Power-Limited Contraction Dynamics of Vorticella convallaria: An Ultrafast Biological Spring

(2007) A. Upadhyaya et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL