The role of contractile unit reorganization in force generation in airway smooth muscle

Mathematical Medicine and Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 99-124

  Brook, B S ^a   Jensen, O E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airway smooth muscle; Contractile unit; Plasticity; Serial to parallel transitions

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; MACHINERY; MUSCLE; PROTEINS;

AIRWAY SMOOTH MUSCLES; CONTRACTILE UNIT; CYTOSKELETONS; FORCE GENERATION; PARALLEL TRANSITIONS; REORGANISATION; SERIAL TO PARALLELS; SERIAL-TO-PARALLEL TRANSITION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

CELLS;

ACTIN; MYOSIN;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOLOGY; CYTOSKELETON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TRACHEA;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOSKELETON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; MYOSINS; RATS; TRACHEA;

EID: 84902481498     PISSN: 14778599     EISSN: 14778602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/imammb/dqs031     Document Type: Article

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