Research Catalog

Title

Elastic filaments of the cell / edited by Henk L. Granzier and Gerald H. Pollack.

Publication

New York : Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers, 2000.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Granzier, Henk L.
• Pollack, Gerald H.

Description

ix, 425 p. : ill.; 26 cm.

Series Statement

Advances in experimental medicine and biology ; v. 481

Uniform Title

Advances in experimental medicine and biology ; v. 481.

Subjects

• Cytoplasmic filaments > Congresses
• Muscle contraction > Congresses
• Myofibroblasts > Congresses
• Intermediate Filament Proteins
• Muscles > cytology
• Muscle Contraction
• Cytoskeleton
• Intermediate filament proteins > Congresses
• Congress

Genre/Form

Congress.

Note

• "Proceedings of the conference Elastic Filaments of the Cell, held June 16-19, 1999, in Seattle, Washington"--T.p. verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

• Connecting Filaments: A Historical Prospective / Karoly Trombitas -- Connectin: From Regular to Giant Sizes of Sarcomeres / Koscak Maruyama and Sumiko Kimura -- Molecular Tools for the Study of Titin's Differential Expression / Thomas Centner, Francoise Fougerousse and Alexandra Freiburg / [et al.] -- Sequence and Mechanical Implications of Titin's PEVK Region / Marion L. Greaser, Seu-Mei Wang and Mustapha Berri / [et al.] -- Probing the Functional Roles of Titin Ligands in Cardiac Myofibril Assembly and Maintenance / Abigail S. McElhinny, Siegfried Labeit and Carol Gregorio -- Assembly of Myofibrils in Cardiac Muscle Cells / Joseph W. Sanger, Joseph C. Ayoob and Prokash Chowrashi / [et al.] -- Mechanical Manipulation of Single Titin Molecules with Laser Tweezers / Miklos S. Z. Kellermayer, Steven Smith and Carlos Bustamante / [et al.] -- Unfolding Forces of Titin and Fibronectin Domains Directly Measured by AFM / Matthias Rief, Mathias Gautel and Hermann E. Gaub --
• Computer Modeling of Force-Induced Titin Domain Unfolding / Hui Lu, Andre Krammer and Barry Isralewitz / [et al.] -- Extensibility in the Titin Molecule and Its Relation to Muscle Elasticity / Larissa Tskhovrebova and John Trinick -- Titin Elasticity in the Context of the Sarcomere: Force and Extensibility Measurements on Single Myofibrils / Wolfgang A. Linke -- Links in the Chain: The Contribution of Kettin to the Elasticity of Insect Muscles / Belinda Bullard, David Goulding and Charles Ferguson / [et al.] -- Titin as a Chromosomal Protein / Cristina Machado and Deborah J. Andrew -- Role of the Elastic Protein Projectin in Stretch Activation and Work Output of Drosophila Flight Muscles / Jim O. Vigoreaux, Jeffrey R. Moore and David W. Maughan -- Drosophila Projectin: A Look at Protein Structure and Sarcomeric Assembly / Agnes Ayme-Southgate, Richard Southgate and Michelle Kulp McEliece --
• Role of Titin in Nonmuscle and Smooth Muscle Cells / Thomas C. S. Keller III, Kenneth Eilertsen and Mark Higginbotham / [et al.] -- Mechanical Properties of Titin Isoforms / Henk Granzier, Michiel Helmes and Olivier Cazorla / [et al.] -- Intact Connecting Filaments Change Length in 2.3-nm Quanta / Felix Blyakhman, Anna Tourovskaya and Gerald H. Pollack -- Titin-Thin Filament Interaction and Potential Role in Muscle Function / Jian-Ping Jin -- Is Titin the Length Sensor in Cardiac Muscle? Physiological and Physiopathological Perspectives / Jean-Yves Le Guennec, Olivier Cazorla and Alain Lacampagne / [et al.] -- Ca[superscript 2+]-Dependence of Passive Properties of Cardiac Sarcomeres / Bruno D. Stuyvers, Masahito Miura and Henk E. D. J. ter Keurs -- Possible Contribution of Titin Filaments to the Compliant Series Elastic Component in Horseshoe Crab Skeletal Muscle Fibers / Haruo Sugi, Tsuyoshi Akimoto and Takakazu Kobayashi / [et al.] --
• Skeletal Muscle-Specific Calpain, p94, and Connectin/Titin: Their Physiological Functions and Relationship to Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Type 2A / Hiroyuki Sorimachi, Yasuko Ono and Koichi Suzuki -- From Connecting Filaments to Co-Expression of Titin Isoforms / Karoly Trombitas, Alexandra Freiburg and Marion Greaser / [et al.].

ISBN

0306464101

LCCN

00042439

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries