Term Information

Accession
GO:0014721
Name
twitch skeletal muscle contraction
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
None
Alternate IDs
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Definition
A process in which force is generated within twitch skeletal muscle tissue, resulting in a change in muscle geometry. Force generation involves a chemo-mechanical energy conversion step that is carried out by the actin/myosin complex activity, which generates force through ATP hydrolysis. The twitch skeletal muscle responds to neurostimulations with a contraction followed by a relaxation. Source: GOC:mtg_muscle
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0014721 at QuickGO
Subset
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Parents of twitch skeletal muscle contraction (GO:0014721)
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twitch skeletal muscle contraction [is_a relation] is_a  voluntary skeletal muscle contraction (GO:0003010)
Children of twitch skeletal muscle contraction (GO:0014721)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
fast-twitch skeletal muscle fiber contraction (GO:0031443) [is_a relation] is_a  twitch skeletal muscle contraction
slow-twitch skeletal muscle fiber contraction (GO:0031444) [is_a relation] is_a  twitch skeletal muscle contraction
regulation of twitch skeletal muscle contraction (GO:0014724) [RO:0002211 relation] RO:0002211  twitch skeletal muscle contraction
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