Contractile filament architecture and force transmission in swine airway smooth muscle

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 117, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1503-1511

  Kuo, Kuo Hsing ^a   Seow, Chun Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contractile filaments; Electron microscopy; Nuclear envelope elasticity; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; MYOSIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELL SHAPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SPINDLE CELL; SWINE; SYNCYTIUM; THIN FILAMENT; TRACHEA MUSCLE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SWINE; TRACHEA;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 2342418026     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.00996     Document Type: Article

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