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The 24 pages that link to Actin, each with the reason it gives.

• Skeletal muscleBroader topic: Actin filaments provide the tracks that myosin pulls during contraction.

• CytoskeletonBroader topic: Actin is the molecular subunit of the cytoskeleton’s thinnest major filaments.

• Albert Szent-GyörgyiBroader topic: His laboratory helped reveal actin’s interaction with myosin in muscle.

• Sliding filament theoryBroader topic: Its thin filaments move relative to myosin during contraction.

• MyofibrilBroader topic: Thin actin filaments slide toward sarcomere centers during contraction.

• Muscular systemBroader topic: Its filaments interact with myosin during muscle contraction.

• Muscle cellBroader topic: Actin filaments slide past myosin filaments during contraction.