I-band titin in cardiac muscle is a three-element molecular spring and is critical for maintaining thin filament structure

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 631-644

  Linke, Wolfgang A ^a   Rudy, Diane E ^b   Centner, Thomas ^c   Gautel, Mathias ^c,d   Witt, Christian ^c,e   Labeit, Siegfried ^c,e   Gregorio, Carol C ^b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^f University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Connectin; Elasticity; Heart muscle; Sarcomere; Transfection

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIN; ISOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MUSCLE FIBRIL; MYOFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RABBIT; SARCOMERE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THIN FILAMENT;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICKENS; ELASTICITY; EPITOPES; MICROFILAMENTS; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MYOCARDIUM; MYOFIBRILS; MYOSINS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN KINASES; RABBITS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SARCOMERES; TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0033538859     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.146.3.631     Document Type: Article

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