Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 98, No. 12 (Jun. 5, 2001), pp. 6935-6940 (6 pages) To investigate the molecular basis of the voltage sensor that ...
L-type Ca²⁺ currents determine the shape of cardiac action potentials (AP) and the magnitude of the myoplasmic Ca²⁺ signal, which regulates the contraction force. The auxiliary Ca²⁺ channel subunits ...
- Muscle cells, also known as myocytes, are specialized cells designed for contraction and force production. Skeletal Muscle Cells: These cells are long, cylindrical, and have a striated (or striped) ...