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Extensive eccentric contractions in intact cardiac trabeculae: revealing compelling differences in contractile

André Tomalka1, Oliver Röhrle2,3, June-Chiew Han4

  • 11 Department of Motion and Exercise Science, University of Stuttgart , Stuttgart , Germany.

Proceedings. Biological Sciences
|May 30, 2019
PubMed

Keywords:
blebbistatincontractile propertiesheart musclelengthening contractionslinear muscle behaviourtitin–actin interactions

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