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Science 13 October 1995:
Vol. 270. no. 5234, p. 236
DOI: 10.1126/science.270.5234.236
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Research News

Marcia Barinaga

One for the record books: Researchers at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Heidelberg, Germany, report in Science the complete amino acid sequence of the largest protein known--a muscle protein fittingly called titin. But it's more than just a record-breaker. The sequence suggests how titin may aid in muscle assembly and help muscles to spring back into shape after being stretched.




Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)