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Use of Photoproteins as Intracellular Calcium Indicators by Blinks, John R.

“…The calcium-regulated photoproteins, of which aequorin is the best known, continue to be one of the most useful groups of intracellular Ca2+indicators. They…”
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Calcium transients in isolated amphibian skeletal muscle fibres: detection with aequorin by Blinks, J R, Rüdel, R, Taylor, S R

“…1. Single twitch muscle fibres isolated from frogs and toads were microinjected with the Ca2+-sensitive bioluminescent protein aequorin. The fibres contracted…”
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Modification of myofibrillar responsiveness to Ca++ as an inotropic mechanism by Blinks, J R, Endoh, M

“…Intracellular Ca++ transients were monitored in preparations of mammalian heart muscle in which multiple superficial cells had been microinjected with the…”
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Actions of Sympathomimetic Amines on the Ca2+ Transients and Contractions of Rabbit Myocardium: Reciprocal Changes in Myofibrillar Responsiveness to Ca2+ Mediated Through α- and β-Adrenoceptors by Endoh, Masao, Blinks, John R

“…The effects of Sympathomimetic amines on Ca transients and isometric contractions were assessed in isolated rabbit papillary muscles in which multiple…”
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Effects of new inotropic agents on cyclic nucleotide metabolism and calcium transients in canine ventricular muscle by Endoh, M, Yanagisawa, T, Taira, N, Blinks, J R

“…In isolated canine ventricular trabeculae and papillary muscles driven electrically at 0.5 Hz at 37 degrees C, the positive inotropic effects of milrinone,…”
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Influence of deuterium oxide on calcium transients and myofibrillar responses of frog skeletal muscle by Allen, D G, Blinks, J R, Godt, R E

“…The influence of substituting D2O for H2O on calcium transients and on contraction was studied in intact single skeletal muscle fibres injected with aequorin…”
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Intracellular Ca2+ transients in the cat papillary muscle by Morgan, J P, Blinks, J R

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Response of Aequorin Bioluminescence to Rapid Changes in Calcium Concentration by HASTINGS, J. W, MITCHELL, GEORGE, MATTINGLY, P. H, BLINKS, J. R, VAN LEEUWEN, M

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Influence of osmotic strength on cross‐section and volume of isolated single muscle fibres by Blinks, J. R.

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Changes in intracellular free calcium concentration during illumination of invertebrate photoreceptors. Detection with aequorin by Brown, J E, Blinks, J R

“…Aequorin, which luminesces in the presence of calcium, was injected into photoreceptor cells of Limulus ventral eye. A bright light stimulus elicited a large…”
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Applications of calcium-sensitive photoproteins in experimental biology by Blinks, J R

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Photoproteins as biological calcium indicators by Blinks, J R, Prendergast, F G, Allen, D G

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Active Shortening Retards the Decline of the Intracellular Calcium Transient in Mammalian Heart Muscle by Housmans, Philippe R., Norman K. M. Lee, Blinks, John R.

“…When active shortening of the cat papillary muscle was allowed at any time during a contraction, the intracellular concentration of free calcium ions, detected…”
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beta-Adrenoceptor blocking agents as partial agonists in isolated heart muscle: dissociation of stimulation and blockade by Kaumann, A J, Blinks, J R

“…The cardiac stimulant actions of nine beta-adrenoceptor blocking agents were examined in kitten papillary muscles and in isolated atria of kittens and guinea…”
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Calcium Transient in Presynaptic Terminal of Squid Giant Synapse: Detection with Aequorin by Llinás, R., Blinks, J. R., Nicholson, C.

“…Microinjection of aequorin, a bioluminescent protein sensitive to calcium, into the presynaptic terminal of the squid giant synapse demonstrated an increase in…”
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Field stimulation as a means of effecting the graded release of autonomic transmitters in isolated heart muscle by Blinks, J R

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Aequorin Luminescence: Relation of Light Emission to Calcium Concentration-A Calcium-Independent Component by Allen, David G., Blinks, John R., Prendergast, Franklyn G.

“…Light emission from the calcium-sensitive bioluminescent protein aequorin was measured at calcium ion concentrations of 10$^{-9}$ to 10$^{-2}$ molar. At very…”
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Influence of Ca++-Channel Blocking Agents on Calcium Transients and Tension Development in Isolated Mammalian Heart Muscle by Morgan, James P, Wier, W Gil, Hess, Peter, Blinks, John R

“…The Ca-sensitive bioluminescent protein aequorin was used to detect cytoplasmic Ca transients in dog Purkinje strands and cat papillary muscles. Isometric…”
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Influence of Caffeine and other Methylxanthines on Mechanical Properties of Isolated Mammalian Heart Muscle: EVIDENCE FOR A DUAL MECHANISM OF ACTION by BLINKS, JOHN R, OLSON, CAMILLE B, JEWELL, BRIAN R, BRAVENý, PAVEL

“…Caffeine, theophylline, and theobromine have similar effects on the contractions of kitten atrial and papillary muscle preparations in vitro. In concentrations…”
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Comparative assessment of beta-adrenoceptor blocking agents as simple competitive antagonists in isolated heart muscle: similarity of inotropic and chronotropic blocking potencies against isoproterenol by Kaumann, A J, McInerny, T K, Gilmour, D P, Blinks, J R

“…The pattern of antagonism between isoproterenol and various beta-adrenoceptor blocking agents was explored in spontaneously beating right atria and in driven…”
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