Basis of passive tension and stiffness in isolated rabbit myofibrils

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 273, Issue 1 42-1, 1997, Pages

  Bartoo, Marc L ^a   Linke, Wolfgang A ^b   Pollack, Gerald H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Connectin; Connecting filaments; Ionic strength; Stress relaxation; Titin; Viscoelasticity; Weak cross bridge binding

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE FIBRIL; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE TONE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RIGIDITY; SARCOMERE; VISCOELASTICITY;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0030750332     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1997.273.1.c266     Document Type: Article

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