Control of shortening speed in single guinea-pig taenia coli smooth muscle cells by Ca2+, phosphorylation and caldesmon

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 437, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 267-275

  Burton, David J ^a   Marston, Steven B ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ca2+ regulation; Caldesmon; Myosin phosphorylation; Skinned smooth muscle; Smooth muscle physiology

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALDESMON;

ACTIN MYOSIN INTERACTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; COLON TENIA; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; GUINEA PIG; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; THIN FILAMENT;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CALMODULIN-BINDING PROTEINS; COLON; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PEPTIDES; PHOSPHORYLATION; SAPONINS; TIME FACTORS; TROPOMYOSIN;

EID: 0032940164     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004240050779     Document Type: Article

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