Microfluorometric analyses of glycogen in freshly dissected, single skeletal muscle fibres of the cane toad using a mechanically skinned fibre preparation

Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 631-638

  Nguyen, Long Thanh ^a   Stephenson, D George ^b   Stephenson, Gabriela M M ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUOROMETRY; GLYCOGEN ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROANALYSIS; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKINNED MUSCLE FIBER; TECHNIQUE; TOAD;

ANIMALS; BUFO MARINUS; CYTOPHOTOMETRY; DISSECTION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GLUCAN 1,4-ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASE; GLYCOGEN; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; ARUNDINARIA; BUFO MARINUS;

EID: 0031873591     PISSN: 01424319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005377030193     Document Type: Article

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