Sexual dimorphism in the rabbit masseter muscle: Myosin heavy chain composition of neuromuscular compartments

Cells Tissues Organs

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 179-191

  English, Arthur W ^a   Eason, Jane ^a   Schwartz, Gail ^a   Shirley, Anne ^a   Carrasco, Dario I ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Masseter; Myosin heavy chain; Rabbit; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MUSCLE FIBERS; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RABBITS; RATS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0032765616     PISSN: 14226405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000016658     Document Type: Article

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