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Category:GO:0006936 ! muscle contraction

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DAG for GO:0006936id: GO:0006936

name: muscle contraction
namespace: biological_process
def: "A process in which force is generated within 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." [GOC:ef, GOC:mtg_muscle, ISBN:0198506732]
subset: goslim_pir
xref: Wikipedia:Muscle_contraction
is_a: GO:0003012 ! muscle system process

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0006936</GOterm>
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