Editorial: Titin phosphorylation: Myocardial passive stiffness regulated by the intracellular giant

Circulation Research

Volumn 105, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 611-613

  Ahmed, S Hinan ^a   Lindsey, Merry L ^a  

^a Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiomyocyte stiffness; Diastolic compliance; Protein kinase C

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CONNECTIN; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLIC GMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; FIBRONECTIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PROTEIN KINASE C ALPHA; GLUTAMIC ACID; LYSINE; MUSCLE PROTEIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 1; PROLINE; PROTEIN KINASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; VALINE;

CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; EDITORIAL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RIGIDITY; SARCOMERE; ELASTICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MUSCLE TONE; NOTE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ELASTICITY; GLUTAMIC ACID; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; LYSINE; MALE; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE TONUS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIUM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROLINE; PROTEIN KINASE C-ALPHA; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 1; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VALINE;

EID: 70349684818     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: 15244571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.109.206912     Document Type: Editorial

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