Regulation of human heart contractility by essential myosin light chain isoforms

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 467-473

  Morano, Marija ^a   Zacharzowski, Udo ^a   Maier, Michaela ^b   Lange, Peter E ^b   Alexi Meskishvili, Vladimir ^b   Haase, Hannelore ^a   Morano, Ingo ^a  

^a MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

cardiac contractility; congenital heart disease; human heart; myosin light chains; Tetralogy of Fallot

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCE; HEART; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; KINETICS; MALE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TENSION; VELOCITY;

EID: 0030038230     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI118813     Document Type: Article

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