Getting into the thick (and thin) of it

J Gen Physiol. 2019 May 6;151(5):610-613. doi: 10.1085/jgp.201812307. Epub 2019 Feb 21.

Authors

Thomas C Irving¹, Roger Craig²

Affiliations

¹ Center for Synchrotron Radiation Research and Instrumentation and Department of Biological Sciences, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL irving@iit.edu.
² Division of Cell Biology and Imaging, Department of Radiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA.

Abstract

Irving and Craig reflect on new work showing that thick filament activation involves myosin motors returning to their OFF state during diastole.

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MeSH terms

Diastole
Heart*
Myosins*

Substances

Myosins

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