Contractility and myosin isoform compositions of skeletal muscles and muscle cells from rats treated with thyroid hormone for 0, 4 and 8 weeks

Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 335-344

  Li, Xiaopeng ^a   Larsson, Lars ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; MYOSIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; THYROID HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE TWITCH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; MUSCLE FIBERS, SLOW-TWITCH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 0030995776     PISSN: 01424319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018674126229     Document Type: Article

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