Evidence that the tandem ig domains near the end of the muscle thick filament form an inelastic part of the I-band titin

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 93-104

  Bennett, Pauline M ^a   Hodkin, Trudy E ^a   Hawkins, Carolyn ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ELASTICITY; HEART MUSCLE; MUSCLE LENGTH; MYOFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSOAS MUSCLE; SARCOMERE; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 0031258656     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.1997.3898     Document Type: Article

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