Stretch activation and myosin heavy chain isoforms of rat, rabbit and human skeletal muscle fibres

Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 441-448

  Galler, S ^a   Hilber, K ^a   Pette, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKINNED MUSCLE FIBER;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; KINETICS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; MUSCLE FIBERS, SLOW-TWITCH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; PSOAS MUSCLES; RABBITS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0030878907     PISSN: 01424319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018646814843     Document Type: Article

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