Mechanically driven contour-length adjustment in rat cardiac titin's unique N2B sequence. Titin is an adjustable spring

Circulation Research

Volumn 84, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1339-1352

  Helmes, M ^a   Trombitas K ^a   Centner, T ^b   Kellermayer, M ^c   Labeit, S ^b,d   Linke, W A ^e   Granzier, H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Connectin; Diastole; Elasticity; Myocardial compliance; Passive force

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; HEART MUSCLE COMPLIANCE; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILE FORCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 0033546073     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.84.11.1339     Document Type: Article

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