Role of the sarcoplasmic reticulum in smooth muscle / [editors] Derek J. Chadwick, Jamie A. Goode.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Chadwick, Derek.

Goode, Jamie.

Conference Name:

Symposium on Role of the Sarcoplasmic Reticulum in Smooth Muscle (2001 : Novartis Foundation)

Series:

Novartis Foundation symposium ; 246.

Novartis Foundation symposium ; 246

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Smooth muscle--Congresses.

Smooth muscle.

Sarcoplasmic reticulum--Congresses.

Sarcoplasmic reticulum.

Muscle, Smooth.

Sarcoplasmic Reticulum.

Medical Subjects:

Muscle, Smooth.

Sarcoplasmic Reticulum.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

ix, 285 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, England ; New York : J. Wiley, 2002.

Contents:

Role of the sarcoplasmic reticulum in uterine smooth muscle / Susan Wray, Sajeera Kupittayanant, Tony Shmigol 6

Relationship between the sarcoplasmic reticulum and the plasma membrane / Cheng-Han Lee, Damon Poburko, Kuo-Hsing Kuo, Chun Seow, Cornelis van Breemen 26

General discussion I The role of calmodulin in smooth muscle contraction 48

Ca[superscript 2+] signalling and Ca[superscript 2+]-activated K[superscript +] channels in smooth muscle / John G. McCarron, Karen N. Bradley, Thomas C. Muir 52

Additional fluxes of activator Ca[superscript 2+] accompanying Ca[superscript 2+] release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum triggered by InsP[subscript 3]-mobilizing agonists / Luc Raeymaekers, Bernd Nilius, Thomas Voets, Ludwig Missiaen, Kurt Van Baelen, Jo Vanoevelen, Frank Wuytack 71

Molecular candidates for capacitative and non-capacitative Ca[superscript 2+] entry in smooth muscle / Ryuji Inoue, Yasuo Mori 81

Regulation of Ca[superscript 2+] entry pathways by both limbs of the phosphoinositide pathway / Colin W. Taylor 91

Calcium release by ryanodine receptors in smooth muscle / M. I. Kotlikoff, Yong-Xiao Wang, Hong-Bo Xin, Guanju Ji 108

Organization of Ca[superscript 2+] stores in vascular smooth muscle: functional implications / Mordecai P. Blaustein, Vera A. Golovina, Hong Song, Jacqueline Choate, Lubomira Lencesova, Shawn W. Robinson, W. Gil Wier 125

Molecular basis and physiological functions of dynamic Ca[superscript 2+] signalling in smooth muscle cells / Masamitsu Iino 142

Calcium release events in excitation-contraction coupling in smooth muscle / T. B. Bolton, D. V. Gordienko, V. Pucovsky, S. Parsons, O. Povstyan 154

Sarcoplasmic reticulum, calcium waves and myometrial signalling / Roger C. Young 174

Sarcoplasmic reticulum and membrane currents / Gerald M. Herrera, Mark T. Nelson 189

Sarcoplasmic reticulum function and contractile consequences in ureteric smooth muscles / Theodor Burdyga, Susan Wray 208

General discussion II The physiological significance of smooth muscle Ca[superscript 2+] stores 221

The sarcoplasmic reticulum and smooth muscle function: evidence from transgenic mice / R. J. Paul, G. E. Shull, E. G. Kranias 228

The sarcoplasmic reticulum in disease and smooth muscle dysfunction: therapeutic potential / A. F. Brading 244

The sarcoplasmic reticulum: then and now / Andrew P. Somlyo, Avril V. Somlyo 258.

Notes:

Proceedings of the Symposium on Role of the sarcoplasmic reticulum in smooth muscle, held at the Novartis Foundation, London, 30 October-1 November 2001.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0470844795

OCLC:

50639191