Measurement of [Ca2+]i in smooth muscle strips using front-surface fluorimetry

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 312, Issue , 2006, Pages 251-259

  Kanaide, Hideo ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FURA 2; FURA 2 ACETOXYMETHYL ESTER; FURA-2-AM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; FLUOROMETRY; GUINEA PIG; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CATTLE; FLUOROMETRY; FURA-2; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; RABBITS; RATS;

EID: 33344468813     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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