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For example, in D. discoideum, the cortexillin actin-filament crosslinking proteins are recruited to the cleavage furrow where they are thought to contribute to the stiffness of the cleavage furrow cortex [ 24 25 ] . Myosin-II is probably a major contractile force generator.
Among these are diaphragm fiber shortening with a corresponding shift in the length-tension curve [ 1 2 3 4 5 ] and variable changes in the contractile properties of diaphragm strips in vitro [ 2 3 5 6 ] . Increased fatigue resistance of the muscle is the single alteration in contractile properties that has been most consistently [ 2 3 6 ] , though not always [ 7 ] , identified.
Environmental factors such as cell-cell contact and hypotonicity might place additional demands on the equatorial contractile apparatus that go beyond the intrinsic stiffness of the cell cortex.
To accomplish its cellular tasks, myosin II assembles into bipolar thick filaments and pull together oppositely oriented actin filaments to produce contractile forces.
At a cellular and molecular level, how does a fast glycolytic myofiber sense a tonic pattern of contractile activity and transduce that information to transform itself into a cell with fast oxidative or slow oxidative properties?