| Literature DB >> 2448641 |
F A Lai1, H P Erickson, E Rousseau, Q Y Liu, G Meissner.
Abstract
The calcium release channel from rabbit muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) has been purified and reconstituted as a functional unit in lipid bilayers. Electron microscopy reveals the four-leaf clover structure previously described for the 'feet' that span the transverse tubule (T)-SR junction. Ca2+ release from the SR induced by T-system depolarization during excitation-contraction coupling in muscle may thus be effected through a direct association of the T-system with SR Ca2+-release channels.Entities:
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Year: 1988 PMID: 2448641 DOI: 10.1038/331315a0
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nature ISSN: 0028-0836 Impact factor: 49.962