Actin-titin interaction in cardiac myofibrils: Probing a physiological role

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 905-919

  Linke, Wolfgang A ^a   Ivemeyer, Marc ^a   Labeit, Siegfried ^b   Hinssen, Horst ^c   Rüegg, J Caspar ^a   Gautel, Mathias ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CONNECTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MALE; MUSCLE FIBRIL; MUSCLE TONE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAT; SARCOMERE;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030851380     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(97)78123-2     Document Type: Article

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