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- noun Plural form of
myofilament .
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Examples
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Sydney suggested I study muscle cell growth, in particular that I try to determine how individual muscle cells add new myofilaments as they increase in size.
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Over a patient's lifetime the myofilaments will continually turn-over as the half-life of thin filament proteins is 3-5. 5 days
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jennifer Davis et al. 2010
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Dweck D, Hus N, Potter JD (2008) Challenging current paradigms related to cardiomyopathies: Are changes in the Ca2+ sensitivity from myofilaments containing cardiac troponin C mutations
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jennifer Davis et al. 2010
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Over a patient's lifetime the myofilaments will continually turn-over as the half-life of thin filament proteins is 3-5. 5 days
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jennifer Davis et al. 2010
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Dweck D, Hus N, Potter JD (2008) Challenging current paradigms related to cardiomyopathies: Are changes in the Ca2+ sensitivity from myofilaments containing cardiac troponin C mutations
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jennifer Davis et al. 2010
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In previous studies, Knollmann's team demonstrated that troponin mutations associated with HCM increase the sensitivity of the troponins to calcium - they bind calcium more readily, which activates the myofilaments more easily and results in stronger contractions.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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In previous studies, Knollmann's team demonstrated that troponin mutations associated with HCM increase the sensitivity of the troponins to calcium - they bind calcium more readily, which activates the myofilaments more easily and results in stronger contractions.
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Knollmann and colleagues showed that an agent that desensitizes the myofilaments - makes them less "willing" to bind calcium - prevented arrhythmias.
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"We could make a normal heart prone to arrhythmias simply by changing the sensitivity of the myofilaments to calcium," Knollmann said.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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Knollmann and colleagues showed that an agent that desensitizes the myofilaments - makes them less "willing" to bind calcium - prevented arrhythmias.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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