Tuning passive mechanics through differential splicing of titin during skeletal muscle development

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2277-2286

  Ottenheijm, Coen A C ^a,c   Knottnerus, Anna M ^a   Buck, Danielle ^a   Luo, Xiuju ^a   Greer, Kevin ^b   Hoying, Adam ^a   Labeit, Siegfried ^d   Granzier, Henk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3,5,3' TRI IODO LEVO THYRONINE; 3,5,3',5' TETRA IODO LEVO THYRONINE; CONNECTIN; LYSINE; PROLYLGLUTAMYLVALYLLYSINE; THYRONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RABBIT; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

MUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; TETRA;

EID: 70449124198     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.07.041     Document Type: Article

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