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Contractile effects of the exchange of cardiac troponin for fast skeletal troponin in rabbit psoas single myofibrils

  1. N. Piroddi1,
  2. C. Tesi1,
  3. M. A. Pellegrino2,
  4. L. S. Tobacman3,
  5. E. Homsher4,
  6. C. Poggesi1,*

Article first published online: 16 JUL 2004

DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2003.051615

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The Journal of Physiology

Volume 552, Issue 3, pages 917–931, November 2003

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Piroddi, N., Tesi, C., Pellegrino, M. A., Tobacman, L. S., Homsher, E. and Poggesi, C. (2003), Contractile effects of the exchange of cardiac troponin for fast skeletal troponin in rabbit psoas single myofibrils. The Journal of Physiology, 552: 917–931. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2003.051615

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  1. 1

    Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiologiche, Università di Firenze, I-50134 Firenze, Italy

  2. 2

    Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale, Sezione di Fisiologia Umana, Università di Pavia, I-27100 Pavia, Italy

  3. 3

    Departments of Internal Medicine and Biochemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA

  4. 4

    The Physiology Department, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1751, USA

*Corresponding author C. Poggesi: Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiologiche, Viale G.B. Morgagni 63, Università di Firenze I-50134, Firenze, Italy. Email: corrado.poggesi@unifi.it

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  1. Issue published online: 16 JUL 2004
  2. Article first published online: 16 JUL 2004
  3. (Resubmitted 21 July 2003; accepted after revision 19 August 2003; first published online 22 August 2003)

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