β-MHC transgene expression in suspended and mechanically overloaded/suspended soleus muscle of transgenic mice

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 5 41-5, 1997, Pages

  McCarthy, John J ^a   Fox, Amy M ^a   Tsika, Gretchen L ^a   Gao, Liying ^a   Tsika, Richard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrophy; Countermeasures; Gene expression; Hindlimb suspension; Transcription

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HINDLIMB; MOUSE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE MASS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENE;

EID: 0031003277     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1997.272.5.r1552     Document Type: Article

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