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Abstract
The steep relationship between active force and length in cardiac muscle is based on a length dependence of myofilament Ca(2+) sensitivity. However, it is not muscle length but the lateral spacing between actin and myosin filaments that sets the level of Ca(2+) sensitivity, mainly through modulation of myosin-mediated activation of the thin filament.Entities:
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Year: 2001 PMID: 11390938 DOI: 10.1152/physiologyonline.2001.16.1.5
Source DB: PubMed Journal: News Physiol Sci ISSN: 0886-1714