Calcium waves in agarose gel with cell organelles: Implications of the velocity curvature relationship

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 2658-2666

  Wussling, Manfred H P ^a   Krannich, Kirsten ^a   Drygalla, Volker ^a   Podhaisky, Helmut ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL ORGANELLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; HEART MUSCLE CELL; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0035016039     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(01)76235-2     Document Type: Article

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