A spring tale: New facts on titin elasticity

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2613-2614

  Linke, W A ^a   Granzier, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LYSINE; POLYPEPTIDE; PROLINE; VALINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ELASTICITY; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031795571     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(98)77706-9     Document Type: Note

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