| Literature DB >> 667298 |
R P Schwarz, R Hsieh, W H Johnson.
Abstract
Frog sartorius muscle treated with 5.0 mM or greater caffeine exhibits stiffness similar to that obtained from muscle in iodoacetate rigor. The data provide quantitative evidence that suggests that caffeine at irreversible contracture-producing concentrations somehow induces a rigor or rigorlike state in skeletal muscle.Entities:
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Year: 1978 PMID: 667298 PMCID: PMC1473479 DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(78)85502-7
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biophys J ISSN: 0006-3495 Impact factor: 4.033