GO:0030049

muscle filament sliding

Details: 
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. [GOC:mah, GOC:mtg_muscle, ISBN:0815316194]
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