Human atrial and ventricular contractions have distinct mechanical characteristics including
speed of contraction, volume of blood delivered and the range of pressure generated. …

The speed of muscle contraction is related to body size; muscles in larger species contract
at slower rates. Since contraction speed is a property of the myosin isoform expressed in a …

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a common genetic disorder characterized by left
ventricular hypertrophy and cardiac hyper-contractility. Mutations in the β-cardiac myosin heavy …

Striated muscle myosins are encoded by a large gene family in all mammals, including
humans. These isoforms define several of the key characteristics of the different striated muscle …

Genetic knockouts of the vasopressin receptor 1a (Avpr1a), oxytocin receptor (Oxtr), or
oxytocin (Oxt) gene in mice have helped cement the causal relationship between these …

A new series of amphiphilic alkylurea functionalised iron(III) sal2trien complexes were prepared
by substitution of phenolic ligand site with OCnH2n–NHC(O)NHCmH2m+1 tails (n = 5, 9…

Here we have investigated the influence of the antenna group position on both the formation
of chiral amphiphilic Eu III ‐based self‐assemblies in CH 3 CN solution and, on the ability to …

We report the synthesis and structural characterization of a neutral P V Lewis acid, P(OC 6 F
5 ) 5 , and salts containing the six‐coordinate anions [P(OC 6 F 5 ) 5 F] − and [P(OC 6 F 5 ) 6 …

Unconventional myosins are a superfamily of actin-based motor proteins that perform a
number of roles in fundamental cellular processes, including (but not limited to) intracellular …

Perceptual measures of odor threshold provide a mechanism to compare sensitivity across
species and to gauge stimulus concentrations for functional experiments. Here, we present a …