Effect of taurine on excitation-contraction coupling of extensor digitorum longus muscle of dystrophic MDX mouse

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 442, Issue , 1998, Pages 115-119

  De Luca, Annamaria ^a   Pierno, Sabata ^a   Camerino, Claudia ^b   Huxtable, Ryan J ^b   Camerino, Diana Conte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYSTROPHIN; TAURINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOSKELETON; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; FINGER; HAND MUSCLE; MOUSE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED MDX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, ANIMAL; TAURINE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031837867     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4899-0117-0_15     Document Type: Article

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