Cross-bridge cycling in smooth muscle: A short review

Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 363-372

  Arner, Anders ^a   Malmqvist, U ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Caldesmon; Calponin; Cross bridge cycle; Myosin isoforms; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ENZYME; MYOSIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; PHOSPHATE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; COOPERATION; DEPHOSPHORYLATION; DISSOCIATION; MODULATION; MUSCLE FORCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RIGOR; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; THIN FILAMENT;

EID: 0032413810     PISSN: 00016772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-201X.1998.tb10694.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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