Regulatory mechanism of smooth muscle contraction studied with gelsolin-treated strips of taenia caeci in guinea pig

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 296, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Liou, Ying Ming ^a   Watanabe, Masaru ^b   Yumoto, Masatoshi ^b,c   Ishiwata, Shin'ichi ^d,e  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d Electronic and Communication Engineering   (Japan)

^e WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Confocal fluorescence microscopy; Force development; Phalloidin; Phosphorylation of myosin regulatory light chain; Reduction in muscle cross sectional area; Thin filament linked regulation

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CALDESMON; GELSOLIN; MYOSIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; TROPOMYOSIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CECUM TENIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GUINEA PIG; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SMOOTH MUSCLE; THIN FILAMENT;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALMODULIN-BINDING PROTEINS; COLON; GELSOLIN; GUINEA PIGS; MICROFILAMENTS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; TROPOMYOSIN;

CAVIA; TAENIA;

EID: 66149099239     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: 15221563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00565.2008     Document Type: Article

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