Effect of Electrical Stimulation on Postmortem Titin, Nebulin, Desmin, and Troponin-T Degradation and Ultrastructural Changes in Bovine Longissimus Muscle

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1563-1575

  Ho, Chiung Ying ^a   Stromer, Marvin H ^a   Robson, Richard M ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Desmin; Electrical Stimulation; Electron Microscopy; Nebulin; Titin; Troponin T

Indexed keywords

ACTININ; CONNECTIN; DESMIN; MUSCLE PROTEIN; NEBULIN; PROTEIN KINASE; TROPONIN; TROPONIN T;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MICROFILAMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACTININ; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATTLE; DESMIN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROFILAMENTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; PROTEIN KINASES; TROPONIN; TROPONIN T;

EID: 0030183591     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1996.7471563x     Document Type: Article

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