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Letter

Nature Materials 1, 232–235 (1 December 2002) | doi:10.1038/nmat776

The myosin coiled-coil is a truly elastic protein structure

Ingo Schwaiger , Clara Sattler , Daniel R. Hostetter & Matthias Rief

Coiled-coils occur in a variety of proteins involved in mechanical and structural tasks in the cell. Their mechanical properties are important in various contexts ranging from hair elasticity to synaptic fusion.