Active and passive forces of isolated myofibrils from cardiac and fast skeletal muscle of the frog

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 500, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 535-548

  Colomo, F ^a   Piroddi, N ^a   Poggesi, C ^a   Te Kronnie, G ^b   Tesi, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; FAST MUSCLE FIBER; FROG; HEART ATRIUM MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE; MUSCLE FIBRIL; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE TONE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMERE LENGTH; SARTORIUS MUSCLE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

EID: 0030948459     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1997.sp022039     Document Type: Article

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