Structural changes in the intramuscular connective tissue during development of bovine semitendinosus muscle

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 527-536

  Nishimura, T ^a   Ojima, K ^a   Liu, A ^a   Hattori, A ^a   Takahashi, K ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cattle; Collagen fibrils; Development; Endomysium; Perimysium; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER; COLLAGEN FIBRIL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; STRENGTH;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0029821814     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-8166(96)80055-3     Document Type: Article

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