Downsizing the Molecular Spring of the Giant Protein Titin Reveals That Skeletal Muscle Titin Determines Passive Stiffness and Drives Longitudinal Hypertrophy

Overview

Journal Elife

Specialty Biology

Date 2018 Dec 20

PMID 30565562

Citations 47

Authors

Ambjorn Brynnel

Yaeren Hernandez

Balazs Kiss

Johan Lindqvist

Maya Adler

Justin Kolb

Robbert van der Pijl

Jochen Gohlke

Joshua Strom

John Smith

Coen Ottenheijm

Henk L Granzier

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Abstract

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