Ultrastructural basis of airway smooth muscle contraction

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 659-665

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contractile apparatus; Contractile unit; Cytoskeleton; Myofilament lattice; Structure and function

Indexed keywords

BREATHING MUSCLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOSKELETON; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; HUMAN; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MYOFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

EID: 35648995489     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Y07-052     Document Type: Conference Paper

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