Titin as a modular spring: Emerging mechanisms for elasticity control by titin in cardiac physiology and pathophysiology

Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility

Volumn 23, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 457-471

  Granzier, Henk ^a   Labeit, Dietmar ^b   Wu, Yiming ^a   Labeit, Siegfried ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIN; MUSCLE PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ELASTICITY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NERVE FUNCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SARCOMERE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; ELASTICITY; HEART; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MYOCARDIUM; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN KINASES;

EID: 0038583937     PISSN: 01424319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023458406346     Document Type: Review

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