Contraction in the smooth muscle cell

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 432-446

  Crotty, T P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; MYOSIN;

ARTICLE; CELL INCLUSION; CELL TRANSPORT; CYTOSKELETON; DIFFUSION; LIGAND BINDING; MUSCLE FIBRIL; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE MITOCHONDRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION;

EID: 0032744381     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/mehy.1998.0781     Document Type: Article

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