Molecular Basis of Passive Stress Relaxation in Human Soleus Fibers: Assessment of the Role of Immunoglobulin-like Domain Unfolding

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 3142-3153

  Trombitas K ^a   Wu, Y ^a   McNabb, M ^a   Greaser, M ^b   Kellermayer, M S Z ^c   Labeit, S ^d   Granzier, Henk L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LYSINE; PROLINE; VALINE;

ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PHENOMENOLOGY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; SIMULATION; SOLEUS MUSCLE;

EID: 0242322488     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)74732-8     Document Type: Article

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