Abstract
IN a muscle which performs mechanical work, adenosine triphosphate is degraded to inosinic acid. During aerobic rest, adenosine triphosphate is resynthesized from inosinic acid and creatine phosphate1. We have succeeded in demonstrating qualitatively that the same holds true in a single muscle twitch.
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WAJZER, J., WEBER, R., LERIQUE, J. et al. Reversible Degradation of Adenosine Triphosphate to Inosinic Acid during a Single Muscle Twitch. Nature 178, 1287–1288 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/1781287b0
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