Disuse-induced preferential loss of the giant protein titin depresses muscle performance via abnormal sarcomeric organization

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-41

  Udaka, Jun ^a   Ohmori, Shintaro ^b   Terui, Takako ^a   Ohtsuki, Iwao ^a   Ishiwata, Shin'ichi ^b   Kurihara, Satoshi ^a   Fukuda, Norio ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; QUALITY OF LIFE; RAT; SARCOMERE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOLEUS MUSCLE; THIN FILAMENT;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HINDLIMB SUSPENSION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DISORDERS, ATROPHIC; MYOSINS; PROTEIN KINASES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SARCOMERES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 38049091591     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: 00221295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.200709888     Document Type: Article

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