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A role for glutathione in muscle contraction

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Le traitement de fibres en pulsation d'un muscle (cultivé en vase clos) avec l'oxydant diamide, spécitique pour la conversion du glutathione (GSH) au disulfide (GSSG), arrête vite tout mouvement. Après quelques heures d'incubation, le niveau normal de l'activité est retabli.

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  1. E. M. Kosower

    Present address: Dept. of Chemistry, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 11790, Stony Brook, New York, USA

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  1. Department of Biophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

    E. M. Kosower

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The author is grateful to Dr.David Yaffe for advice and encouragement.

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Kosower, E.M. A role for glutathione in muscle contraction. Experientia 26, 760–761 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02232532

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