Characterization of myosin and paramyosin from crayfish fast and slow muscles

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 105-111

  Sakurai, Yoshiko ^a   Kanzawa, Nobuyuki ^a   Maruyama, Koscak ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

claw closer; claw opener; crayfish; deep abdominal extensor; deep abdominal flexor; fast and slow muscle; myosin; myostin ATPase; paramyosin

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN; PARAMYOSIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FISH; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

EID: 0029917974     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0305-0491(96)02006-8     Document Type: Article

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