Emergence of airway smooth muscle mechanical behavior through dynamic reorganization of contractile units and force transmission pathways

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 116, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 980-997

  Brook, Bindi S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actin myosin connectivity; Contractile machinery; Filament overlap; Parallel to serial transitions

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ANIMAL; ASTHMA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICS; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; HUMAN; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

ACTOMYOSIN; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; RATS; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES;

EID: 84901239968     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01209.2013     Document Type: Article

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