Role of thin-filament regulatory proteins in relaxation of colonic smooth muscle contraction

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 297, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Somara, Sita ^a   Gilmont, Robert ^a   Bitar, Khalil N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Caldesmon; Heat shock protein 27; Tropomyosin

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; CALDESMON; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 27; MYOSIN; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TROPOMYOSIN; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLON MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; THIN FILAMENT;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; CALMODULIN-BINDING PROTEINS; COLON; HSP27 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROFILAMENTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN KINASE C-ALPHA; RABBITS; TROPOMYOSIN; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE;

EID: 72249105594     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: 15221547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00201.2009     Document Type: Article

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