Microgravity-induced transformations of myosin isoforms and contractile properties of skeletal muscle

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 123-132

  Caiozzo, Vincent J ^a   Haddad, Fadia ^a   Baker, Michael J ^a   Herrick, Robert E ^a   Prietto, Noelani ^a   Baldwin, Kenneth M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

gene expression; muscle fiber type; plantaris; rodent; soleus; spaceflight; tibialis anterior; vastus intermedius; zero gravity

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; MALE; MICROGRAVITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE FIBER CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; NONHUMAN; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; RAT; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPACE FLIGHT; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

EID: 0030055292     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1996.81.1.123     Document Type: Article

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