The smooth muscle cross-bridge cycle studied using sinusoidal length perturbations

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1511-1523

  Rhee, Albert Y ^a   Brozovich, Frank V ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; CALCIUM; PHOSPHATE;

ACTIN MYOSIN INTERACTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; MECHANICS; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; SMOOTH MUSCLE; STEADY STATE;

EID: 0033857582     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(00)76402-2     Document Type: Article

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