Evidence for Three Adult Fast Myosin Heavy Chain Isoforms in Type II Skeletal Muscle Fibers in Pigs

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1584-1593

  Lefaucheur, L ^a   Hoffman, R K ^b   Gerrard, D E ^c   Okamura, C S ^d   Rubinstein, N ^b   Kelly, A ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Hybridization; Muscle Fibers; Myosins; Pigs; Skeletal Muscle

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; FAST MUSCLE FIBER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ISOMERISM; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RAT; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RNA PROBE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SWINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LIBRARY; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ISOMERISM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; RATS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RNA PROBES; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SWINE;

EID: 0032085270     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1998.7661584x     Document Type: Article

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