The calmodulin fraction responsible for contraction in an intestinal smooth muscle
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- 21 May 1984
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 170 (2), 383-386
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0014-5793(84)81349-6
Abstract
Freeze‐dried fibers of smooth muscle from Taenia coli were used to determine the concentration of calmodulin responsible for contraction. About 10% of the total intracellular calmodulin (12.6 μmol/kg wet wt) is directly involved in initiation of smooth muscle contraction.Keywords
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