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Titin and Troponin: Central Players in the Frank-Starling Mechanism of the Heart

The basis of the Frank-Starling mechanism of the heart is the intrinsic ability of cardiac muscle to produce greater active force in response to stretch, a phenomenon known as length-dependent activation. A feedback mechanism transmitted from cross-bridge formation to troponin C to enhance Ca(2+) bi...

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Autores principales: Fukuda, Norio, Terui, Takako, Ohtsuki, Iwao, Ishiwata, Shin’ichi, Kurihara, Satoshi
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Bentham Science Publishers Ltd. 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2805814/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20436852
http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157340309788166714