Editorial: Cooperative activation of the cardiac myofilament: The pivotal role of tropomyosin

Circulation

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 351-353

  Vanburen, Peter ^a,b   Palmer, Bradley M ^b  

^a Cardiology Division   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Editorials; Heart failure; Myocardial contraction; Myofilaments; Tropomyosin

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ISOPROTEIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN ALPHA; TROPOMYOSIN;

ACTIN MYOSIN INTERACTION; ALPHA HELIX; EDITORIAL; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HUMAN; MYOFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; CHEMISTRY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; MICROFILAMENT; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

HUMANS; MICROFILAMENTS; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TROPOMYOSIN;

EID: 76649117069     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIR.0b013e3181d0b947     Document Type: Editorial

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