Carnosine is a novel peptide modulator of intracellular calcium and contractility in cardiac cells

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 1 41-1, 1997, Pages

  Zaloga, Gary P ^a   Roberts, Pamela R ^a   Black, Kimberly W ^a   Lin, Marina ^a   Zapata Sudo, Gisele ^a,b   Sudo, Roberto T ^a,b   Nelson, Thomas E ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

imidazole; peptide; ryanodine

Indexed keywords

CARNOSINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM MOBILIZATION; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; DOSE RESPONSE; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RAT;

EID: 0031013255     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1997.272.1.h462     Document Type: Article

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