Contraction and relaxation in the absence of a sarcoplasmic reticulum: Muscle fibres in the small pelagic tunicate Doliolum

Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 375-380

  Bone, Q ^a   Inoue, I ^b   Tsutsui, I ^c  

^a Marine Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; CALCIUM; NIFEDIPINE; RYANODINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; INVERTEBRATE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SODIUM CALCIUM EXCHANGE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CAFFEINE; CALCIUM; COBALT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NIFEDIPINE; RYANODINE; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SODIUM; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 0030915762     PISSN: 01424319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018682328047     Document Type: Article

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