Transverse stiffness of myofibrils of skeletal and cardiac muscles studied by atomic force microscopy

Journal of Physiological Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 145-151

  Akiyama, Nao ^a   Ohnuki, Yoshiki ^b   Kunioka, Yuki ^a   Saeki, Yasutake ^b   Yamada, Takenori ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b TSURUMI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actomyosin; Connectin (titin); Lateral stiffness; Sarcomere; Z band

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIN; CALPAIN; MUSCLE PROTEIN; TRYPSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART MUSCLE; MUSCLE FIBRIL; MUSCULOSKELETAL STIFFNESS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RAT; SARCOMERE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; METABOLISM; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CALPAIN; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; MYOFIBRILS; RATS; SARCOMERES; TRYPSIN;

EID: 33750100539     PISSN: 18806546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2170/physiolsci.RP003205     Document Type: Article

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