Gigantic variety: Expression patterns of titin isoforms in striated muscles and consequences for myofibrillar passive stiffness

Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility

Volumn 24, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 175-189

  Neagoe, Ciprian ^a   Opitz, Christiane A ^a   Makarenko, Irina ^a,b   Linke, Wolfgang A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BIOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; CONNECTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; MAMMAL; MECHANICS; MUSCLE FIBRIL; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCLE TONE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PSOAS MUSCLE; RABBIT; SARCOMERE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; ANURA; CATS; CATTLE; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CRICETINAE; ELASTICITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GOATS; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOCARDIUM; MYOFIBRILS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN KINASES; PSOAS MUSCLES; RABBITS; RATS; SARCOMERES; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0142249479     PISSN: 01424319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026053530766     Document Type: Conference Paper

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