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Cardiac Muscle Contraction

Known as: heart muscle contraction 
Driven primarily by voltage-gated Ca+2 action potentials originating in sinoatrial pace-maker cells, Cardiac Muscle Contraction involves shortening… 
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Myocardial Contraction

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cardiac muscle cell contraction

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2017
2017
Modulation of the picosecond dynamics of troponin by the cardiomyopathy-causing mutation K247R of troponin T observed by quasielastic neutron scattering.
2012
2012
Fundamental Research on the Mechanism of Cardiovascular System Hemodynamics Self-Regulation and Determination of the Norm-Pathology Boundary for the Basic Hemodynamic Parameters and Analysis of the…
2007
2007
Comparing the structure and dynamics of phospholamban pentamer in its unphosphorylated and pseudo‐phosphorylated states
Human phospholamban (PLN), a 30 kDa homopentamer in the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) membrane, controls the magnitude of heart… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Structural dynamics and topology of phospholamban in oriented lipid bilayers using multidimensional solid-state NMR.
Phospholamban (PLN), a single-pass membrane protein, regulates heart muscle contraction and relaxation by reversible inhibition… 
Review
2006
Review
2006
New insights in the role of cardiac myosin binding protein C as a regulator of cardiac contractility.
See related article, pages 884–890 Myosin Binding Protein C is a large multidomain protein that is found in the A-band region… 
2000
2000
Ca(2+) measurements in skinned cardiac fibers: effects of Mg(2+) on Ca(2+) activation of force and fiber ATPase.
In contrast to previous studies, a new fluorescent method was used to accurately determine the Ca(2+) concentration in test… 
1998
1998
The kinetic cycle of cardiac troponin C: Calcium binding and dissociation at site II trigger slow conformational rearrangements
The goal of this study is to characterize the kinetic mechanism of Ca2+ activation and inactivation of cardiac troponin C (cTnC… 
1997
1997
Energetics of heart muscle contraction under high K perfusion: verapamil and Ca effects.
Tension-dependent (TDH) and tension-independent heat (TIH) release were measured during single isovolumetric contractions in the… 
Review
1994
Review
1994
Regulation of cardiac muscle contraction by intracellular Ca2+.
In this short review, some of the factors which influence the intracellular Ca2+ transients and contraction in mammalian cardiac… 
1982
1982
Permeability of canine cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum vesicles to K+, Na+, H+, and Cl-.
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