Mechanical properties and myosin heavy chain isoform composition of skinned skeletal muscle fibres from a human biopsy sample

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 434, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 551-558

  Hilber, Karlheinz ^a   Galler, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Human skeletal muscle; Muscle fibre types; Muscle mechanics; Myosin heavy chain

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KINETICS; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE FIBER CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMERE LENGTH; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; BIOPSY; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS;

EID: 0030817893     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004240050435     Document Type: Article

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