PEVK extension of human soleus muscle titin revealed by immunolabeling with the anti-titin antibody 9D10

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 122, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 188-196

  Trombitas K ^a   Greaser, M ^b   French, G ^c   Granzier, H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c Palouse Orthopaedics and Sports Med   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ELASTICITY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MUSCLE STRETCHING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SARCOMERE LENGTH; SOLEUS MUSCLE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031691961     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.1998.3984     Document Type: Article

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