Synchronous behavior of spontaneous oscillations of sarcomeres in skeletal myofibrils under isotonic conditions

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1823-1829

  Yasuda, Kenji ^a   Shindo, Yoshiaki ^b   Ishiwata, Shin'ichi ^b  

^a HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CONNECTIN; PHOSPHATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBRIL; MUSCLE TONE; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; RABBIT; SARCOMERE; SARCOMERE LENGTH;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0029862945     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79747-3     Document Type: Article

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