Actin removal from cardiac myocytes shows that near Z line titin attaches to actin while under tension

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 273, Issue 2 42-2, 1997, Pages

  Trombitás, Károly ^a   Granzier, Henk ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Connectin; Entropic elasticity; Gelsolin; Nebulette; Passive force; Slack sarcomere length

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CONNECTIN; GELSOLIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTROPY; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE TONE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAT; SARCOMERE LENGTH; TRANSVERSE TUBULAR SYSTEM;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030821918     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1997.273.2.c662     Document Type: Article

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