Heterogeneity of T-Tubules in Pig Hearts.

BACKGROUND:T-tubules are invaginations of the sarcolemma that play a key role in excitation-contraction coupling in mammalian cardiac myocytes. Although t-tubules were generally considered to be effectively absent in atrial myocytes, recent studies on atrial cells from larger mammals suggest that t-...

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Main Authors: Hanne C Gadeberg, Richard C Bond, Cherrie H T Kong, Guillaume P Chanoit, Raimondo Ascione, Mark B Cannell, Andrew F James
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4900646?pdf=render