Tropomyosin flexural rigidity and single Ca 2+ regulatory unit dynamics: Implications for cooperative regulation of cardiac muscle contraction and cardiomyocyte hypertrophy

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 3 APR, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Loong, Campion K P ^a   Badr, Myriam A ^a   Chase, P Bryant ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium activation; Cardiomyopathy; Cooperativity; Heart; Persistence length; Sarcomere; Thin filament; Tropomyosin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864765314     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2012.00080     Document Type: Article

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