Titin Develops Restoring Force in Rat Cardiac Myocytes

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1995 • 1,195 citations

Passive tension in cardiac muscle: contribution of collagen, titin, microtubules, and intermediate filaments

1995 • 610 citations

The cellular basis of the length-tension relation in cardiac muscle

1985 • 581 citations

A physiological role for titin and nebulin in skeletal muscle

1986 • 449 citations

Comparison between the sarcomere length-force relations of intact and skinned trabeculae from rat right ventricle. Influence of calcium concentrations on these relations.

1986 • 391 citations

Determinants of left ventricular filling and of the diastolic pressure-volume relation.

1989 • 356 citations

Reversible unfolding of fibronectin type III and immunoglobulin domains provides the structural basis for stretch and elasticity of titin and fibronectin.

1994 • 294 citations

Mechanical properties of isolated cardiac myocytes

1991 • 170 citations

Sarcomere-Associated Cytoskeletal Lattices in Striated Muscle

1985 • 169 citations

Osmotic Compression of Single Cardiac Myocytes Eliminates the Reduction in Ca ²⁺ Sensitivity of Tension at Short Sarcomere Length

1995 • 167 citations

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1986 • 158 citations

The Mechanically Active Domain of Titin in Cardiac Muscle

1995 • 132 citations

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1994 • 116 citations

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1996 • 115 citations

Gel electrophoresis of giant proteins: Solubilization and silver‐staining of titin and nebulin from single muscle fiber segments

1993 • 102 citations

Elastic filaments and giant proteins in muscle

1991 • 84 citations

The Elastic I-band Region of Titin is Assembled in a "Modular" Fashion by Weakly Interacting Ig-like Domains

1996 • 72 citations

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

1992 • 63 citations

Mechanical measurements from isolated cardiac myocytes using a pipette attachment system

1996 • 55 citations

The role of ATP in energy-deprivation contractures in unloaded rat ventricular myocytes

1990 • 52 citations

Determinants of loaded shortening velocity in single cardiac myocytes permeabilized with alpha-hemolysin.

1993 • 52 citations

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1976 • 51 citations

Differential effects of length on maximum force production and myofibrillar ATPase activity in rat skinned cardiac muscle.

1994 • 47 citations

Restoring forces and relaxation of rat cardiac muscle

1980 • 42 citations

Role of the Z band in the mechanical properties of the heart

1991 • 36 citations

<b>EFFECTS OF MILD TRYPSIN TREATMENT ON THE PASSIVE TENSION GENERATION AND CONNECTIN SPLITTING IN STRETCHED SKINNED FIBERS FROM FROG SKELETAL </b><b>MUSCLE </b><b>MUSCLE </b>

1986 • 35 citations

Restoring forces in cardiac myocytes. Insight from relaxations induced by photolysis of caged ATP

1991 • 29 citations

Effects of different enzymic treatments on the release of titin fragments from rabbit skeletal myofibrils. Purification of an 800 kDa titin polypeptide

1993 • 26 citations