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

Elias Lazarides · Nature · 1980 · 2K citations

Life Sciences, Biophysics, Cell Biology +16

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.

Dieter O. Fürst, Mary Osborn, Rüdiger Nave et al. · The Journal of Cell Biology · 1988 · 622 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology +14

A physiological role for titin and nebulin in skeletal muscle

Robert Horowits, Ellis S. Kempner, Margaret E. Bisher et al. · Nature · 1986 · 450 citations

Life Sciences, Physiology, Signal Transduction +11

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

Sibyl F. Street · Journal of Cellular Physiology · 1983 · 415 citations

Natural Sciences, Anatomy, Physiology +17

Towards a molecular understanding of titin.

Siegfried Labeit, Mathias Gautel, A. Lakey et al. · The EMBO Journal · 1992 · 347 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology +7