Evidence for load-bearing structures specialized for the catch state in Mytilus smooth muscle

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 347-353

  Sugi, Haruo ^a   Iwamoto, Hiroyuki ^a   Shimo, Makoto ^a   Shirakawa, Ibuki ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior byssal retractor muscle; Catch state; Load bearing system; Molluscan catch muscle; Muscle fiber stiffness; Mytilus edulis; Ramp release; Sinusoidal vibration

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; MOLLUSC; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; NONHUMAN; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; VIBRATION; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; MOLLUSCA; MYTILUS; MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 0032951405     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(99)00017-3     Document Type: Article

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