Christina Karatzaferi

Position: Post-doctoral Fellow
Specialty: Biophysics, Mathematics, Physiology, Electron Paramagnetic Resonance
Phone: (415) 476-1975
Fax: (415) 476-1902
email

Research Interests:

    - Muscle Mechanisms 
    - Muscle fatigue

Selected Publications:

1. Karatzaferi, C., Myburgh K.H., Chinn, M.C., Franks-Skiba, K., and Cooke, R. The Effect Of An ADP Analog On Isometric Force And ATPase Activity Of Active Muscle Fibers. Am. J. Physiology, 284:C816-825 (2003).
2. Karatzaferi, C., Chinn, M.K., and Cooke, R. The Force Exerted By A Muscle Crossbridge Depends Directly On The Strength Of the Actomyosin Bond. Biophysical J. 87:2532-2544 (2004)/li>
3. Vinogradova, M.V., Stone, D.B., Malanina, G.G., Karatzaferi, C., Cooke, R., Mendelson R., Fletterick R. J., How troponin works and how it can be regulated. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 102(14):5038-43 (2005)./li>
4. Karatzaferi, C. Franks-Skiba, K., Cooke, R. The Inhibition Of Shortening Velocity Of Skinned Skeletal Muscle Fibers In Conditions That Mimic Fatigue. Am J. Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 294:948-955 (2008).