Hidden complexity in the mechanical properties of titin

Nature

Volumn 422, Issue 6930, 2003, Pages 446-449

  Williams, Philip M ^a   Fowler, Susan B ^b   Best, Robert B ^b   Luis Toca Herrera, José ^b,c   Scott, Kathryn A ^b   Steward, Annette ^b   Clarke, Jane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; IMMUNOLOGY; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY;

IMMUNOGLOBULIN DOMAINS;

PROTEINS;

ALPHA ACTIN; CONNECTIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; MYOSIN;

PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; KINETICS; MECHANICAL STRESS; MODEL; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; THERMODYNAMICS;

BIOMECHANICS; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUTATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0037468835     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01517     Document Type: Article

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