Molecular and Cellular Aspects of Muscle Contraction Book

	Myosin Light Chain Composition in Non-Failing Donor and End-Stage Failing Human Ventricular Myocardium	3
	Study of the Vertebrate MHC Multigene Family during Heart Development	17
	Myosin-binding Protein C (MYBP-C) in Cardiac Muscle and Contractility	31
	The Endocardial Endothelial Na[superscript +]/K[superscript +] ATPase and Cardiac Contraction	43
	KLF5/BTEB2, a Kruppel-like Zinc-finger Type Transcription Factor, Mediates both Smooth Muscle Cell Activation and Cardiac Hypertrophy	57
	Regulation of the Rho Signaling Pathway by Excitatory Agonists in Vascular Smooth Muscle	67
	Human Heart Failure: Dilated Versus Familial Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy	77
	Regulation of Smooth Muscle Contraction by Calcium, Monomeric GTPases of the Rho Subfamily, and their Effector Kinases	89
	Bio-nanomuscle Project: Contractile Properties of Single Actin Filaments in an A-band Motility Assay System	103
	Development of an Apparatus to Control Load by Electromagnet for a Motility System In Vitro	111
	High-Resolution Imaging of Myosin Motor in Action by a High-Speed Atomic Force Microscope	119
	Translation Step Size Measured in Single Sarcomeres and Single Filament Pairs	129
	Motor Function of Unconventional Myosin	143
	Switch 1 Opens on Strong Binding to Action	159
	Gene Transfer of Troponin I Isoforms, Mutants and Chimeras	169
	A Hypothesis about Myosin Catalysis	175
	In Vitro Actomyosin Motility in Deuterium Oxide	183
	NMR Structural Study of Troponin C C-terminal Domain Complexed with Troponin I Fragment from Akazara Scallop	195
	Calcium Binding to Troponin C as a Primary Step of the Regulation of Contraction	203
	Isolation and Characterization of 190K Protein from Aorta Smooth Muscle	215
	Several Aspects of Calcium Regulator, Mechanisms Linked to Troponin	221
	X-ray Interference Evidence Concerning the Range of Cross-Bridge Movement, and Backbone Contributions to the Meridional Pattern	233
	Modeling Analysis of Myosin-Based Meridional X-ray Reflections from Frog Skeletal Muscles in Relaxed and Contracting States	243
	Myosin Filament Structure and Myosin Cross-bridge Dynamics in Fish and Insect Muscles	251
	Use of Sinusoidal Length Oscillations to Detect Myosin Conformation by Time-Resolved X-ray Diffraction	267
	Orientation and Motion of Myosin Light Chain and Troponin in Reconstituted Muscle Fibers as Detected by ESR with a New Bifunctional Spin-Label	279
	Molecular Organizations of Myofibrils of Skeletal Muscle Studied by Atomic Force Microscopy	285
	Three-dimensional Structural Analysis of Individual Myosin Heads under Various Functional States	295
	Helical Order in Myosin Filaments and Evidence for One Ligand Inducing Multiple Myosin Conformations	305
	Evidence for the Involvement of Myosin Subfragment 2 in Muscle Contraction	317
	A Study of Lamellipodial Membrane Dynamics by Optical Trapping Technique: Implication of Motor Activity in Movements	335
	Actin Dynamics in Neuronal Growth Cone Revealed with a Polarized Light Microscopy	347
	Thermodynamic Mechano-Chemistry of Single Motor Enzymes	361
	Cooperative Activation of Skeletal and Cardiac Muscle	371
	Measurement of Force Developed by a Single Cardiac Myocyte Using Novel Carbon Fibers	381
	The Special Structure and Function of Troponin I in Regulation of Cardiac Contraction and Relaxation	389
	Pharmacological Calcium Sensitivity Modulation of Cardiac Myofilaments	403
	20-Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic Acid Potentiates Contractile Activation of Canine Basilar Artery in Response to Stretch via Protein Kinase C[alpha]-Mediated Inhibition of Calcium-Activated Potassium Channel	411
	Distinct Contractile Systems for Electromechanical and Pharmacomechanical Coupling in Smooth Muscle	417
	Force Response to Stretches in Activated Frog Muscle Fibres at Low Tension	429
	Molecular Step(s) of Force Generation: Temperature-Perturbation Experiments on Muscle Fibres	441
	Rates of Force Generation in Drosophila Fast and Slow Muscle Types Have Opposite Responses to Phosphate	459
	Does Cross-Bridge Activation Determine the Time Course of Myofibrillar Relaxation?	469
	Inter-Sarcomere Dynamics in Muscle Fibres. A Negrected Subject?	481
	Stretch-induced Force Enhancement and Stability of Skeletal Muscle Myofibrils	501
	Adaptations in Titin's Spring Elements in Normal and Cardiomyopathic Hearts	517
	An X-ray Diffraction Study on Contraction of Rat Papillary Muscle with Different Afterloads
	Role of the T-system and the Na-K Pump on Fatigue Development in Phasic Skeletal Muscle	543
	Mitochondrial Ca[superscript 2+] in Mouse Soleus Single Muscle Fibres in Response to Repeated Tetanic Contractions	557
	Cellular Mechanisms of Skeletal Muscle Fatigue	563
	Myofibrillar Determinants of Rate of Relaxation in Skinned Skeletal Muscle Fibers	573
	Force, Sarcomere Shortening Velocity and ATPase Activity	583
	Evidence for the High Mechanical Efficiency of Cross-Bridge Powerstroke in Skeletal Muscle	603
	Rate of Actomyosin ATP Hydrolysis Diminishes during Isometric Contraction	613
	Energy Storage during Stretch of Active Single Fibres	627
	Three Dimensional Ultrasound Analysis of Fascicle Orientation in Human Tibialis Anterior Muscle Enables Analysis of Macroscopic Torque at the Cellular Level	635
	General Discussion Part I	647
	Special Talk: The Beginning of Low-Angle X-ray Diffraction Work on Living Muscles	655
	General Discussion Part II	661
	General Discussion Part III	671
	Concluding Remarks: Progress in Determining the Detailed Mechanism of Muscle Contraction	683
	Participants Photos	689
	Participants	693
	Subject Index	699