Cardiac myosin light chain kinase: A new player in the regulation of myosin light chain in the heart

Circulation Research

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 516-518

  Ishikawa, Yoshihiro ^a,b   Kurotani, Reiko ^b  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiac function; Cardiac subtype; Myosin light chain kinase; Regulatory myosin light chain

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN 2; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE (CALCIUM,CALMODULIN);

EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART RATE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ANIMALS; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; HUMANS; MYOCARDIUM; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAINS; MYOSIN-LIGHT-CHAIN KINASE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHOSPHORYLATION;

EID: 40949122421     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.108.173005     Document Type: Editorial

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