Role of Ca²⁺ in excitation-contraction coupling in echinoderm muscle: comparison with role in other tissues

Authors

Robert B. Hill, University of Rhode Island

Document Type

Article

Date of Original Version

2001

Department

Biological Sciences

Abstract

The longitudinal muscle of the body wall of Isostichopus badionotus may be considered a model for excitation-contraction coupling in echinoderm muscle. Other echinoderm muscles are reviewed by comparison with the model. Echinoderm muscle is also of interest as a model for ‘mutable collagenous tissue’; however, in that tissue, Ca²⁺ has been proposed to function both in living control systems and in regulation of non-living interstitial substance.

Citation/Publisher Attribution

Hill, R. B. (2001). Role of Ca²⁺ in excitation-contraction coupling in echinoderm muscle: comparison with role in other tissues. Journal of Experimental Biology, 204, 897-908. Retrieved from http://jeb.biologists.org/content/204/5/897

Available at: http://jeb.biologists.org/content/204/5/897