The self-assembly, elasticity, and dynamics of cardiac thin filaments

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2170-2178

  Tassieri, M ^a   Evans, R M L ^a   Barbu Tudoran, L ^b   Trinick, J ^b   Waigh, T A ^c  

^a School of Physics and Astronomy   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CHEMISTRY; ELASTICITY; FLOW KINETICS; HEART MUSCLE; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIGHT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROFILAMENT; RADIATION SCATTERING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SWINE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VISCOSITY;

ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICS; CALCIUM; ELASTICITY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIGHT; MICROFILAMENTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOCARDIUM; RHEOLOGY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SWINE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 44049087105     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.116087     Document Type: Article

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