Viscoelasticity of the sarcomere matrix of skeletal muscles. The titin-myosin composite filament is a dual-stage molecular spring.

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Published in Biophys J on April 01, 1993

Authors

K Wang1, R McCarter, J Wright, J Beverly, R Ramirez-Mitchell

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1: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas, Austin 78712.

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