contractile
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The model also predicted how another type of contractile fiber could be targeted by the experimental Src inhibitor WH4023, which they experimentally validated with human cardiac fibroblasts.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 1, 2024
"We aimed to clarify the association of phase angle obtained from the leg using BIA with voluntary muscle strength, twitch contractile properties, and neuromuscular activity," says Assistant Prof. Hirata.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 13, 2024
Furthermore, declaring a single, electrically active and contractile organ, or the contractile cells it comes from, the stand-alone determinant of personhood is simply not valid.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 23, 2023
They show bilateral symmetry and remarkable contractile properties.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
It is highly contractile and when contracted sometimes assumes an annulate appearance; but as a rule the external surface is smooth.
From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Annandale, Nelson
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