Can the passive elasticity of muscle be explained directly from the mechanics of individual titin molecules?

Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility

Volumn 26, Issue 6-8, 2005, Pages 285-289

  Tskhovrebova, Larissa ^a   Houmeida, Ahmed ^a   Trinick, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIN;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA ANALYSIS; ELASTICITY; MUSCLE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE ELASTICITY; MUSCLE FORCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SARCOMERE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLES; PROTEIN KINASES; SARCOMERES;

EID: 33745726393     PISSN: 01424319     EISSN: 15732657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10974-005-9034-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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