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What is latch? New ideas about tonic contraction in smooth muscle.

Journal of muscle research and cell motility ·Vol. 10 ·No. 2 ·1989-04-00 ·Pages 97-100

Marston SB

Abstract

Smooth muscles have traditionally been classified as phasic or tonic, the tonic muscles being those which maintain a steady tension indefinitely with a low consumption of energy. Until ten years ago it was considered that the differences between smooth muscle types reflected different innervation or excitation-contraction coupling. However, recent work makes it clear that the contractile apparatus itself is adapted in tonic muscles.

MeSH Terms
Animals Calcium/metabolism Calmodulin-Binding Proteins/physiology Humans Muscle Contraction Muscle, Smooth/physiology Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/physiology Myosins/metabolism Phosphorylation
Chemicals
Calmodulin-Binding Proteins Myosins Calcium
Authors & Affiliations
1 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Marston S B
National Heart and Lung Institute, London.
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Article Info
Journal
Journal of muscle research and cell motility
Abbr.
J Muscle Res Cell Motil
ISSN
0142-4319
DOI
10.1007/BF01739965
Published
1989-04-00
Pages
97-100
Language
English
Region
Netherlands
NLM ID
8006298
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1007/BF01739965 View journal details
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