Cardiac titin: A multifunctional giant

Circulation

Volumn 121, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 2137-2145

  Lewinter, Martin M ^a   Granzier, Henk ^b  

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

^b Molecular Cardiovascular Research Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Diastole; Hypertrophy; Myocardium; Titin

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIN; LIM PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE C ALPHA;

DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HEART DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; HEART; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MICROFILAMENTS; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PROTEIN KINASES;

EID: 77952481131     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.860171     Document Type: Review

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