The cardiac troponin C isoform and the length dependence of Ca2+ sensitivity of tension in myocardium

Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 381-389

  Akella, A B ^a   Su, Hong ^a   Sonnenblick, E H ^a   Rao, V G ^a   Gulati, J ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Force; Length; Mutagenesis; Starling's law of the heart; Troponin C

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; TROPONIN C; TRYPTOPHAN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; HEART MUSCLE TENSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SARCOMERE LENGTH; SKINNED MUSCLE FIBER; STARLING LAW;

EID: 0030888811     PISSN: 00222828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmcc.1996.0282     Document Type: Article

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