The contractile apparatus and mechanical properties of airway smooth muscle

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 600-616

  Gunst, S J ^a   Tang, D D ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Actomyosin; Contractile properties; Contractile proteins; Length dependence; Mechanical plasticity

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; MYOSIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN MYOSIN INTERACTION; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BREATHING MUSCLE; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHUS REACTIVITY; CYTOSKELETON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE TONE; MYOFILAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE; THIN FILAMENT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BRONCHI; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; TRACHEA;

EID: 0034059497     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3003.2000.15.29.x     Document Type: Article

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