Excitation-contraction coupling in isolated locomotor muscle fibres from the pelagic tunicate Doliolum which lack both sarcoplasmic reticulum and transverse tubular system

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 172, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 541-546

  Inoue, I ^a,b   Tsutsui, I ^b,c   Bone, Q ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Doliolids; Excitation contraction coupling; Locomotor muscle; No SR; No T system

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; NEUROMUSCULAR DEPOLARIZING AGENT; SODIUM CALCIUM EXCHANGE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; DRUG EFFECT; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SKELETAL MUSCLE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UROCHORDATA;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; CELL MEMBRANE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR DEPOLARIZING AGENTS; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SODIUM-CALCIUM EXCHANGER; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 0036932315     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-002-0280-1     Document Type: Article

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