Towards a molecular understanding of the elasticity of titin

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 261, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 62-71

  Linke, Wolfgang A ^a   Ivemeyer, Marc ^a   Olivieri, Nicoletta ^b   Kolmerer, Bernhard ^b   Rüegg, J Caspar ^a   Labeit, Siegfried ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Muscle elasticity; Myofibril mechanics; Passive tension; PEVK domain; Titin or connectin

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LYSINE; PROLINE; VALINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; HEART MUSCLE; MUSCLE FIBRIL; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RAT; SARCOMERE LENGTH; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030576501     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0441     Document Type: Article

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