What is the role of titin in active muscle?

Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 73-78

  Monroy, Jenna A ^a   Powers, Krysta L ^a   Gilmore, Leslie A ^a   Uyeno, Theodore A ^b   Lindstedt, Stan L ^a   Nishikawa, Kiisa C ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VALDOSTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Connectin; force depression; force enhancement; history dependence; sliding filament theory; thin filament rotation; titin actin interactions

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIN; MUSCLE PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE;

BIOMECHANICS; CYTOSKELETON; HUMAN; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

BIOMECHANICS; CYTOSKELETON; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROTEIN KINASES;

EID: 84859162555     PISSN: 00916331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JES.0b013e31824580c6     Document Type: Review

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