Titin develops restoring force in rat cardiac myocytes

Circulation Research

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 619-626

  Helmes, Michiel ^a   Trombitás, Károly ^a   Granzier, Henk ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

diastolic recoil; muscle mechanics; myocytes; restoring force; titin

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE RELAXATION; HEART VENTRICLE FILLING; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE LENGTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RAT;

EID: 0029823455     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.79.3.619     Document Type: Article

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