The giant protein titin: Emerging roles in physiology and pathophysiology

Circulation Research

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 290-294

  Labeit, Siegfried ^a   Kolmerer, Bernhard ^a   Linke, Wolfgang A ^b  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

elasticity; muscle ultrastructure; PEVK region; titin (connectin)

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIN; MUSCLE PROTEIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; DNA SEQUENCE; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; ELASTICITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; SARCOMERE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031016596     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.80.2.290     Document Type: Review

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