sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) of skeletal and cardiac muscles, on contractile responses
induced by Ca2+‐release from intracellular storage sites were examined in the longitudinal
smooth muscle strip of the guinea‐pig ileum skinned with β‐escin. 2 Ca2+‐loading of
storage sites (Ca2+‐uptake) was performed in pCa 6.3 solution. The amount of Ca2+ taken
up was monitored by use of the amplitude of contraction following application of 25 mm …