Reliability of an electrophoretic and image processing analysis of human skeletal muscle taken from m. vastus lateralis

European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 532-536

  Humphries, Brendan J ^a   Newton, Robert U ^a   Abernethy, Peter J ^b   Blake, Kirsten D ^b  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Densitometry; Electrophoresis; Image processing; Myosin heavy chain

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE PROTEIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; ELECTROPHORESIS; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

ADULT; DENSITOMETRY; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LASERS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS;

EID: 0030915826     PISSN: 03015548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004210050200     Document Type: Article

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