Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781337408332
Author: Cecie Starr, Ralph Taggart, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 35, Problem 8SQ
In sarcomeres, phosphate-group transfers from ATP activate _______.
- a. actin
- b. myosin
- c. troponin
- d. Z bands
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Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
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