Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology
Volume 48, Issue 5 , Pages 917-924 , May 2010

Enhanced length-dependent Ca2+ activation in fish cardiomyocytes permits a large operating range of sarcomere lengths

  • Simon M. Patrick

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, 46 Grafton Street, Manchester, M13 9NT, UK
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  • Anita C. Hoskins

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Division, King's College London British Heart Foundation Centre, London, SE1 7EH, UK
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  • Jonathan C. Kentish

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Division, King's College London British Heart Foundation Centre, London, SE1 7EH, UK
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  • Ed White

      Affiliations

    • IMSB & MCRC, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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  • Holly A. Shiels

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, 46 Grafton Street, Manchester, M13 9NT, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 161 275 5092.
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  • Olivier Cazorla

      Affiliations

    • Inserm U-637 Physiopathologie Cardiovasculaire, CHU Arnaud de Villeneuve, 34295 Montpellier, France

Received 15 December 2009 ,Revised 15 January 2010 ,Accepted 8 February 2010.

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PII: S0022-2828(10)00043-X

doi: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2010.02.008

Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology
Volume 48, Issue 5 , Pages 917-924 , May 2010

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