Mechanical fatigue in repetitively stretched single molecules of titin

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 852-863

  Kellermayer, Miklós S Z ^a,b   Smith, Steven B ^c   Bustamante, Carlos ^c   Granzier, Henk L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CROSS LINKING; ELASTICITY; FATIGUE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FOLDING; RABBIT; SARCOMERE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0035144607     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(01)76064-X     Document Type: Article

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