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Role of ryanodine receptors in the assembly of calcium release units in skeletal muscle.
The Journal of cell biology - 23 Feb 1998
Protasi F, Franzini-Armstrong C, Allen P D
Abstract excerpt
In muscle cells, excitation-contraction (e-c) coupling is mediated by "calcium release units," junctions between the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) and exterior membranes. Two proteins, which face each other, are known to functionally interact in those structures: the ryanodine receptors (RyRs), or SR calcium release channels, and the dihydropyridine receptors (DHPRs), or L-type calcium channels of exterior...
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