muscle filament sliding

id: GO:0030049
name: muscle filament sliding
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The sliding of actin thin filaments and myosin thick filaments past each other in muscle contraction. This involves a process of interaction of myosin located on a thick filament with actin located on a thin filament. During this process ATP is split and forces are generated.

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