Myoglobin-facilitated oxygen diffusion: role of myoglobin in oxygen entry into muscle.J B WittenbergJ B WittenbergPublished Online:01 Oct 1970https://doi.org/10.1152/physrev.1970.50.4.559MoreSectionsPDF (12 MB)Download PDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesGet permissionsTrack citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInWeChat Back to Top Next Download PDF FiguresReferencesRelatedInformation Cited ByEnergy metabolism design of the striated muscle cellBrian Glancy and Robert S. Balaban19 July 2021 | Physiological Reviews, Vol. 101, No. 4Muscle2View, a CellProfiler pipeline for detection of the capillary-to-muscle fiber interface and high-content quantification of fiber type-specific histologyGema Sanz,* Luis Manuel Martínez-Aranda,* Per A. Tesch, Rodrigo Fernandez-Gonzalo, and Tommy R. Lundberg12 December 2019 | Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol. 127, No. 6Defining Physiological Normoxia for Improved Translation of Cell Physiology to Animal Models and HumansThomas P. 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