Characterizing titin's I-band Ig domain region as an entropic spring

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 111, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1567-1574

  Linke, Wolfgang A ^a   Stockmeier, Marc R ^a   Ivemeyer, Marc ^a   Hosser, Hiltraud ^a   Mundel, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Connectin; Entropic elasticity; Immunoelectron micoroscopy; Immunoglobulin domains; Passive tension; Wormlike chain

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ELASTICITY; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MALE; MODEL; MUSCLE FIBRIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSOAS MUSCLE; RAT; SARCOMERE LENGTH;

ANIMALS; ELASTICITY; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; MALE; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROTEIN KINASES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031809493     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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