The Mechanism of Muscle Contraction

ABBOTT, ROGER H., Department of Zoology, ARC Unit of Muscle Mechanisms, Oxford, England ADELSTEIN, ROBERT S., National Heart and Lung Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Md. APRIL, ERNEST W., Department of Anatomy, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York. ARNDT, ISABELLE O., Department of Anatomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia AVIS, VANCE R., Department of Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles BARANY, GEORGE, Department of Biochemistry, The Rockefeller University, New York BÁRÁNY, KATE, Department of Physical Chemistry, Institute for Muscle Disease, Inc., New York BÁRÁNY, MICHAEL, Department of Physical Chemistry, Institute for Muscle Disease, Inc., New York BARTON, JANICE S., Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore BASKIN, RONALD J., Department of Zoology, University of California, Davis BASS, BERL G., Department of Physiology, Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York. BENSON, ELLIS S., Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis BERNARDINI, ISA, Laboratory of Structural and Molecular Biology, Children's Cancer Research Foundation, Boston BHATNAGAR, GHOPAL, Department of Muscle Research, Boston Biomedical Research Institute, Boston BIRÓ, N. A., Biochemistry Group, Eötvös Lóránd University, Budapest, Hungary BOLAND, RICARDO, Department of Biochemistry, St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis BONNER, ROBERT F., Department of Biophysics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore BRAY, DENNIS, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, England BREMEL, ROBERT D., Department of Biochemistry, St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis BULLARD, BELINDA, Department of Zoology, Oxford University, Oxford, England BURKE, MORRIS, Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore BUTLER, THOMAS M., Department of Animal Biology, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, Philadelphia BUZASH, ELIZABETH, Department of Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs CARLSON, FRANCIS D., Department of Biophysics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore CARNEY, HOWARD, JR., Department of Biophysics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore CASPAR, DONALD L. D., Children's Cancer Research Foundation, Boston CHEUNG, HERBERT C., Department of Engineering Biophysics, University of Alabama Medical Center, Birmingham CHOWEASHI, PROKASH K., Department of Anatomy, University of Pennsylvania Medical School, Philadelphia COHEN, CAROLYN, Children's Cancer Research Foundation, Boston COLLINS, JOHN H., Department of Muscle Research, Boston Biomedical Research Institute, Boston COOKE, ROGER, Departments of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco COSTANTIN, LEROY L., Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis. CUNNINGHAM, BRUCE A., Department of Biochemistry, The Rockefeller University, New York CURTIN, Nancy, Department of Animal Biology, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, Philadelphia DAVIES, ROBERT E., Department of Animal Biology, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, Philadelphia DAWSON, JOAN, Department of Pharmacology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia D'HAESE, JOCHEN, Department of Cytology and Micromorphology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany DOUGLAS, WILLIAM B., JR., Department of Physiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing DOW, JOCELYN W., MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, England DRABIKOWSKI, WITOLD, Department of Biochemistry of Nervous Systems and Muscles, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Warsaw, Poland DREIZEN, PAUL, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn EATON, BARBRA, Biochemistry Graduate Group, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia *EBASHI, SETSURO, Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan ECKSTEIN, FRITZ, Department of Chemistry, Max-Planck-Institut, Göttingen, Germany EDWARDS, CHARLES, Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York, Albany EISENBERG, BRENDA, Department of Physiology, University of California School of Medicine, Los Angeles EISENBERG, EVAN, National Heart and Lung Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Md. EISENBERG, ROBERT, Department of Physiology, University of California School of Medicine, Los Angeles ELFVIN, MYRA, Department of Anatomy, Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia ELLIOTT, GERALD F., Department of Physics, The Open University, Bletchley, England ELZINGA, MARSHALL, Boston Biomedical Research Institute, Boston ENDO, MAKOTO, Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind. EPPENBERGER, HANS M., Laboratory of Developmental Biology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland ETLINGER, JOSEPH, Department of Biophysics, University of Chicago, Chicago FAY, FREDRIC S., Department of Physiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester FEIT, THEODORE S., Department of Physiology, Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York FISCHMAN, DONALD A., Department of Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago FRASER, ALLAN, Department of Biophysics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore FRIEDMAN, ZYJEL, Department of Biochemistry, St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis GAETJENS, ERIC, Department of Contractile Proteins, Institute for Muscle Disease, Inc., New York GAUTHIER, GERALDINE, Laboratory of Electron Microscopy, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Mass GERGELY, JOHN, Department of Muscle Research, Boston Biomedical Research Institute, Boston GIAMBALVO, ANTHONY, Department of Biophysics, State University of New York, Brooklyn GIBBONS, IAN R., Pacific Biomedical Research Center, University of Hawaii, Honolulu GOLDMAN, ROBERT, Department of Biology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio GOLL, DARREL, Muscle Biology Group, Iowa State University, Ames GRANT, ROBERT J., Department of Biological Sciences, Hunter College, New York GREASER, MARION, Muscle Biology Laboratory, University of Wisconsin, Madison *HANSON, JEAN, MRC Biophysics Unit, King's College, London, England HARRINGTON, WILLIAM F., Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore HARTSHORNE, DAVID J., Department of Chemistry and Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh HASELOROVE, JOHN, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, England HERMAN, LAWRENCE, Department of Pathology, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn HEUMANN, HANS-GÜNTHER, Department of Zoology, Lehrstuhl für Zellenlehre, Heidelberg, Germany HEY WOOD, STUART, Department of Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrrs HITCHCOCK, SARAH E., Department of Biology, Brandeis University, Waltham, Mass. *HOLMES, KENNETH C., Department of Biophysics, Max-Planek-Institut, Heidelberg, Germany HOLT, JOHN C., Department of Structural Biology, Children's Cancer Research Foundation, Boston HOLTZER, HOWARD, Department of Anatomy, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia HOMSHER, EARL, Department of Physiology, University of California Medical Center, Los Angeles *HUXLEY, ANDREW F., Department of Physiology, University College, London, England *HUXLEY, HUGH E., MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, England IKEMOTO, NORIAKI, Department of Muscle Research, Boston Biomedical Research Institutes Boston JACOBSON, DAVID, McArdle Laboratory, University of Wisconsin, Madison JOHNSON, JAN P., Laboratory of Structural Molecular Biology, Children's Cancer Research Foundation, Boston JORGENSON, ANNELISA, Department of Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs JULIAN, FRED, Boston Biomedical Research Institute, Boston KALDOR, GEORGE, Department of Physiology, Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia KAMINER, BENJAMIN, Department of Physiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston KASSLER, HELENE, Department of Biology, Clark University, Worcester, Mass KATZEFF, HARVEY, Department of Biophysics, State University of New York, Brooklyn KAY, CYRIL M., Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada KENDRICK-JONES, JOHN, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, England KING, MURRAY V., Laboratory of Physical Biochemistry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston KOMINZ, DAVID R., Laboratory of Biophysical Chemistry, NIAMD, NIH, Bethesda, Md. KUSHMERICK, MARTIN J., Department of Physiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston LAMVIK, MICHAEL K., Enrico Fermi Institute and Department of Biophysics, University of Chicago, Chicago LANSMAN, STEVEN, Department of Medicine and Program in Biophysics, State University of New York, Brooklyn LEHMAN, WILLIAM, Department of Biology, Brandeis University, Waltham, Mass. LEHRER, SHERWIN, Department of Muscle Research, Boston Biomedical Research Institute, Boston LEVINE, RHEA J., Department of Anatomy, Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia LEVY, RONNIE, Department of Physiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston LIGHT, SUSAN, Department of Biology, Clark University, Worcester, Mass. LOEWY, ARIEL G., Department of Biology, Haverford College, Haverford, Penn. LOWEY, SUSAN, Children's Cancer Research Foundation, Boston *LOWY, Jack, Biophysics Institute, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark LYMN, RICHARD W., MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, England MACLENNAN, DAVID H., Banting and Best Department of Medical Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada MAKINOSE, MADOKA, Department of Physiology, Max-Planck-Institut, Heidelberg, Germany MALIK, MAZHAR N., Department of Biochemistry, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn MANNHERZ, HANS G., Department of Biophysics, Max-Planck-Institut, Heidelberg, Germany MARCHAND, JOHN F., Department of Clinical Investigations, Institute for Muscle Disease, Inc., New York MARGOSSIAN, SARKIS S., Department of Structural Biology, Children's Cancer Research Foundation, Boston MARTONOSI, ANTHONY, Department of Biochemistry, St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis MATACIC, SLAVICA SMIT, Department of Biology, Haverford College, Haverford, Penn. MENDELSON, ROBERT, Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco *MILLER, ANDREW, Department of Zoology, Oxford University, Oxford, England MILLER, RICHARD, Department of Biophysics and Medicine, State University of New York, Brooklyn MOMMAERTS, WILFRIED F. M. M., Department of Physiology, University of California Medical Center, Los Angeles MOOS, CARL, Department of Biochemistry, State University of New York, Stony Brook MORALES, Manuel F., Cardiovascular Research Institute. University of California, San Francisco MORRIS, GLENN, Department of Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrrs MOWERY, PATRICK, Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California Medical School, San Francisco MURRAY, JOHN, Department of Biochemistry, St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis NACHMIAS, V. T., Haverford College, Haverford, Penn. NAGY, BELA, Department of Muscle Research, Boston Biomedical Research Institute, Boston NAUSS, KATHLEEN M., Laboratory of Structural and Molecular Biology, Children's Cancer Research Foundation, Boston NOLAN, A. C., Laboratory of Physical Biology, NIH, Bethesda, Md. OFFER, G. W., Department of Biophysics, King's College, London, England O'HARA, DONALD, Department of Physiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston *OOSAWA, FUMIO, Institute of Molecular Biology, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan PAUL, RICHARD J., Department of Physiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston PEACHEY, LEE D., Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PEMEICK, SUZANNE M., Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York, Albany PEPE, FRANK A., Department of Anatomy, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia *PERRY, S. V., Department of Biochemistry, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, England PODOLSKY, RICHARD J., National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, Md. POLLARD, THOMAS D., National Heart and Lung Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Md. POTTER, JAMES D., Department of Muscle Research, Boston Biomedical Research Institute, Boston PULLMAN, JAMES M., Department of Biophysics, University of Chicago, Chicago REEDY, MICHAEL K., Department of Anatomy, Duke University, Durham, N.C. REGENSTEIN, JOE M., Department of Biophysics, Brandeis University, Waltham, Mass. REISLER, EMIL, Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore RICE, ROBERT V., Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh. RICHARDS, DENNIS, Department of Medicine and Program in Biophysics, State University of New York, Brooklyn RICHARDS, E. GLEN, Department of General Medical Research, Veterans Administration Hospital, Dallas ROME, ELIZABKTH, MRC Muscle Biophysics Unit, King's College, London, England SABBADINI, ROGER A., Department of Zoology, University of California, Davis SAIDE, JUDITH, Department of Physics and Biochemistry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston SANDOW, ALEXANDER, Department of Physiology, Institute for Muscle Disease, Inc., New York SANGER, JOSEPH W., Department of Anatomy, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia SANTERRE, ROBERT, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge SARKAR, SATYAPRIYA, Department of Muscle Research, Boston Biomedical Research Institute, Boston SCHAEFFER, SUSAN F., Laboratory of Electron Microscopy, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Mass. SCHAUB, MARCUS C., Institute of Pharmacology, University of Switzerland, Zurich SCHEIN, STANLEY J., Department of Molecular Biology, Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York SCHLISELFELD, LOUIS H., Department of Contractile Proteins, Institute for Muscle Disease, Inc., New York SCHOENBERG, MARK, Laboratory of Physical Biology, NIAMD, NIH, Bethesda, Md. SCORDILIS, STYLIANOS P., Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York, Albany SEIDEL, JOHN, Department of Muscle Research, Boston Biomedical Research Institute, Boston SHARN, EZRA, Department of Biological Science, Hunter College, New York SIEMANKOWSKI, RAYMOND, Department of Medicine and Program in Biophysics, State University of New York, Brooklyn SIMS, JOHN M., Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence SMALL, J. V., Biophysics Institute, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark SMILLIE, L. B., Department of Biochemistry, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, England SORENSON, MARTHA M., Department of Neurology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York SPUDICH, JAMES A., Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco SPURWAY, N. C., Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia STEIGER, G. J., Department of Cell Physiology, Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany STOCK, GREGORY B., Department of Biophysics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore STONE, DEBORAH B., Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco STRACHER, ALFRED, Department of Biochemistry, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn STULL, JAMES T., JR., Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California School of Medicine, Davis SZENT-GYÖRGYI, ALBERT, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Mass. SZENT-GYÖRGYI, ANDREW, Department of Biology, Brandeis University, Waltham, Mass. SZENT-GYÖRGYI, EVE, Department of Biology, Brandeis University, Waltham, Mass. TADA, MICHIHIKO, Department of Cardiology, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York TAM, DOMINIC, Department of Biophysics and Medicine. State University of New York, Brooklyn TAYLOR, DOUGLASS L., Department of Biology, State University of New York, Albany TAYLOR, EDWIN W., Department of Biophysics, University of Chicago, Chicago THOMPSON, WILLIAM C., Department of Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs TONOMURA, YUJI, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan *TREGEAR RICHARD T., Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, England TRENTHAM, D. R., Department of Biochemistry, University of Bristol School of Medicine, Bristol, England TWAROG, BETTY M., Department of Biology, Tufts University, Medford, Mass. VIBERT, PETER J., Biophysics Institute, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark WACHSBERGER, PHYLLIS, Department of Anatomy, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia *WEBER, ANNEMARIE, Department of Biochemistry, St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis WEEDS, A. G., MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, England WEISEL, JOHN W., Department of Biophysics, Brandeis University, Waltham, Mass. WHITE, DAVID C. S., Department of Biology, University of York, York, England WIENER, STANLEY L., Department of Medical Research, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, New York *WlLKIE, D. R., Department of Physiology, University College, London, England WOLEDGE, ROGER C., Department of Physiology, University College, London, England YAFFE, DAVID, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge YOUNG, MICHAEL, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston YOUNT, RALPH G., Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman <br>*Denotes Chairman