A survey of in situ sarcomere extension in mouse skeletal muscle

Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 465-472

  Goulding, David ^a   Bullard, Belinda ^a   Gautel, Mathias ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMERE LENGTH; SKELETAL MUSCLE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PSOAS MUSCLES; SARCOMERES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030841266     PISSN: 01424319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018650915751     Document Type: Article

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