Effects of Postmortem Storage on the Ultrastructure of the Endomysium and Myofibril in Normal and Callipyge Longissimus

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 76, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2811-2817

  Taylor, Richard G ^a   Koohmaraie, Mohammad ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Callipyge; Cytoskeleton; Endomysium; Longissimus; Myofibrils; Tenderness

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CADAVER; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FOOD PRESERVATION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MEAT; MUSCLE FIBRIL; SARCOLEMMA; SARCOMERE; SHEEP; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STANDARD; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; FEMALE; FOOD PRESERVATION; MALE; MEAT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOFIBRILS; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; SARCOLEMMA; SARCOMERES; SHEEP;

EID: 0032196716     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1998.76112811x     Document Type: Article

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