Immunocytochemical electron microscopic study and Western blot analysis of myosin, paramyosin and miniparamyosin in the striated muscle of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster and in obliquely striated and smooth muscles of the earthworm Eisenia foetida

Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 169-177

  Royuela, Mar ^a   Fraile, Benito ^a   Cervera, Margarita ^b   Paniagua, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE PROTEIN; MYOSIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; PARAMYOSIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EARTHWORM; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYOSINS; OLIGOCHAETA; SARCOMERES; TROPOMYOSIN;

EID: 0030960614     PISSN: 01424319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018657722595     Document Type: Conference Paper

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