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Professor Ebashi’s impact on the study of the regulation of striated muscle contraction

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Muscle Physiology and Biochemistry

Part of the book series: Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry ((DMCB,volume 31))

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The field of striated muscle regulation has changed tremendously over the last forty years. Many of the problems solved by Dr. Ebashi and by those stimulated by him offer new challenges for future generations of scientists. Many questions remain to be solved, and it should give particular pleasure to Dr. Ebashi to see how the seeds sown by him and his colleagues have now grown into a beautiful tree that bears rich fruit at present and will continue to do so for a long time in the future. (Mol Cell Biochem 190: 5-8, 1999)

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  1. Muscle Research Group, Boston Biomedical Research Institute, Boston, MA, USA

    John. Gergely

  2. Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    John. Gergely

  3. Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    John. Gergely

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  1. Department of Pharmacology, Niigata University School of Medicine, No. 757, Asahimachi-dori 1, Niigata 951, Japan

    Shoichi Imai

  2. Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, 812-82, Fukuoka, Japan

    Iwao Ohtsuki

  3. Saitama Medical School, 350-04, Moroyamamachi, Saitama, Japan

    Makoto Endo

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Gergely, J. (1999). Professor Ebashi’s impact on the study of the regulation of striated muscle contraction. In: Imai, S., Ohtsuki, I., Endo, M. (eds) Muscle Physiology and Biochemistry. Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, vol 31. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5543-8_1

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