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SUBMITTER: Xiao S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4468031 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Xiao Shaohua S Shaw Robin M RM
Trends in cardiovascular medicine 20141229 5
Cardiomyocytes, the individual contractile units of heart muscle, are long-lived and robust. Given the longevity of these cells, it can be easy to overlook their dynamic intracellular environment that contain rapid protein movements and frequent protein turnover. Critical gene transcription and protein translation occur continuously, as well as trafficking and localization of proteins to specific functional zones of cell membrane. As heart failure becomes an increasingly important clinical entit ...[more]