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

Intermediate filaments as mechanical integrators of cellular space

1980 • 1,973 citations

The organization of titin filaments in the half-sarcomere revealed by monoclonal antibodies in immunoelectron microscopy: a map of ten nonrepetitive epitopes starting at the Z line extends close to the M line.

1988 • 608 citations

A physiological role for titin and nebulin in skeletal muscle

1986 • 449 citations

Lateral transmission of tension in frog myofibers: A myofibrillar network and transverse cytoskeletal connections are possible transmitters

1983 • 403 citations

Towards a molecular understanding of titin.

1992 • 338 citations

The mechanical properties of relaxing muscle

1960 • 326 citations

Regulation of skeletal muscle stiffness and elasticity by titin isoforms: a test of the segmental extension model of resting tension.

1991 • 314 citations

Myofibrils Bear Most of the Resting Tension in Frog Skeletal Muscle

1985 • 278 citations

Architecture of the sarcomere matrix of skeletal muscle: immunoelectron microscopic evidence that suggests a set of parallel inextensible nebulin filaments anchored at the Z line.

1988 • 261 citations

Crossbridge behaviour during muscle contraction

1985 • 249 citations

A network of transverse and longitudinal intermediate filaments is associated with sarcomeres of adult vertebrate skeletal muscle.

1983 • 240 citations

Does titin regulate the length of muscle thick filaments?

1989 • 240 citations

Muscular contraction.

1974 • 216 citations

Sarcomere-Associated Cytoskeletal Lattices in Striated Muscle

1985 • 169 citations

Passive force generation and titin isoforms in mammalian skeletal muscle

1992 • 160 citations

Connectin, an Elastic Filamentous Protein of Striated Muscle

1986 • 158 citations

Extensible and Less-Extensible Domains of Connectin Filaments in Stretched Vertebrate Skeletal Muscle Sarcomeres as Detected by Immunofluorescence and Immunoelectron Microscopy Using Monoclonal Antibodies1

1988 • 151 citations

Elastic behavior of connectin filaments during thick filament movement in activated skeletal muscle.

1989 • 100 citations

Interplay between passive tension and strong and weak binding cross-bridges in insect indirect flight muscle. A functional dissection by gelsolin-mediated thin filament removal.

1993 • 89 citations

Elastic filaments and giant proteins in muscle

1991 • 84 citations

Changes in Contractile Properties with Selective Digestion of Connectin (Titin) in Skinned Fibers of Frog Skeletal Muscle

1992 • 63 citations

Thick filament movement and isometric tension in activated skeletal muscle

1988 • 52 citations

Localization of the parallel elastic components in frog skinned muscle fibers studied by the dissociation of the A- and I-bands

1985 • 26 citations

The Effect of Hepatectomy and Nephrectomy on the Anaesthetic Activity of Some N‐Substituted Barbiturates.

1953 • 26 citations

Stiffness and shortening changes in myofilament-extracted rat cardiac myocytes

1989 • 20 citations