α-cardiac-like myosin heavy chain as an intermediate between MHCIIa and MHCIβ in transforming rabbit muscle

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 274, Issue 3 43-3, 1998, Pages

  Peuker, Heidemarie ^a   Conjard, Agnès ^a   Pette, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fiber type transformation; MHCIIa sequence; Rabbit skeletal muscle; Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; Single fiber analysis

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FAST MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0031958825     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1998.274.3.c595     Document Type: Article

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