Role of contractile protein activation in the length-dependent modulation of tracheal smooth muscle force

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 270, Issue 1 39-1, 1996, Pages

  Mehta, Dolly ^a   Wu, Ming Fang ^a   Gunst, Susan J ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

length tension curve; myosin light chain phosphorylation; shortening deactivation

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CONTRACTILE PROTEIN; MUSCLE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; TRACHEA MUSCLE;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 0030020599     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1996.270.1.c243     Document Type: Article

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