Cardiac titin isoforms are coexpressed in the half-sarcomere and extend independently

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 281, Issue 4 50-4, 2001, Pages

  Trombitas K ^a   Wu, Y ^a   Labeit, D ^a   Labeit, S ^a   Granzier, H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diastole; Elasticity; Mechanics; Physiology; Structure

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIN; ISOPROTEIN; PROTEIN N2B; PROTEIN N2BA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; ELASTICITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILE FORCE; MALE; MOUSE; MYOFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SARCOMERE;

EID: 0034786066     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.2001.281.4.h1793     Document Type: Article

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