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Differences in the content of caldesmon, or the TM isoforms, therefore, might be associated with modulatory effects on the time profile or magnitude of contraction.
There, possessive is defined as having possession and apostrophe as In rhetoric, a diversion of speech to another person or In grammar, the contraction of a word; as, tho', for though.
Thus, the ratio of developed pressure to myocardial oxygen consumption, an index of economy of contraction, significantly increased between 1.5 and 2.5 mM perfusate calcium and was significantly higher with dobutamine compared to high perfusate calcium (Figure 1D).
Myofibers subjected to tonic patterns of work activity—sustained periods of repetitive contraction on a habitual basis—will take on fast oxidative or slow oxidative properties.
An important event during wound healing is the contraction of newly formed granulation tissue by fibroblasts to bring together the edges of the wound [ 1 ] . It has been reported [ 28 ] that fibroblasts incorporated in a collagen gel induce progressive contraction of the gel, resulting in the formation of a dense collagen disc of greatly reduced diameter.