Thick-filament strain and interfilament spacing in passive muscle: Effect of titin-based passive tension

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1499-1508

  Irving, Thomas ^a   Wu, Yiming ^b,c,d   Bekyarova, Tanya ^a   Farman, Gerrie P ^a,e   Fukuda, Norio ^b,c,f   Granzier, Henk ^b,c  

^a Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b Department of Physiology ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e Richard Lewar Center of Excellence   (Canada)

^f JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

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ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 79953877282     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2011.01.059     Document Type: Article

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