Quantitative analysis of muscle fibre type and myosin heavy chain distribution in the frog hindlimb: Implications for locomotory design

Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 717-731

  Lutz, Gordon J ^a   Bremner, Shannon ^a   Lajevardi, Nahal ^b   Lieber, Richard L ^a   Rome, Lawrence C ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FROG; HINDLIMB; HISTOCHEMISTRY; JUMPING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TYPE ACCORDING TO FUNCTION; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; MUSCLE FIBERS, SLOW-TWITCH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; MYOSINS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RANA PIPIENS;

EID: 0031756975     PISSN: 01424319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005466432372     Document Type: Article

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