The early expression of myotoxicity and localization of the binding sites of notexin in the soleus muscle of the rat: Notexin and muscle

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 391, Issue , 1996, Pages 323-329

  Dixon, R W ^a   Harris, J B ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NOTEXIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TOXICITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0030011030     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4613-0361-9_26     Document Type: Article

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