Models of contractile units and their assembly in smooth muscle

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 825-831

  Ali, Farah ^a   Paré, Peter D ^a   Seow, Chun Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contraction model; Length adaptation; Plasticity; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ACTIN FILAMENT; DENSE BODY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MUSCLE ISOTONIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MYOFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SYNCYTIUM;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; MYOSINS; TRACHEA;

EID: 32544437551     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/y05-052     Document Type: Review

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