Structure-function analysis of cytoskeletal/contractile proteins in avian myotubes

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn , Issue 52, 1997, Pages 275-282

  Sweeney, H Lee ^a   Feng, Huisheng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; MUSCLE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; BIRD; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLES; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0030631017     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0091-679x(08)60383-0     Document Type: Article

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