Shortening properties of two biochemically defined muscle fibre types of the Norway lobster Nephrops norvegicus L.

Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 265-278

  Holmes, Janet M ^a,c   Hilber, Karlheinz ^b   Galler, Stefan ^b   Neil, Douglas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOPROTEIN; MUSCLE PROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; FLEXOR MUSCLE; LOBSTER; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBRIL; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCLE TONE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; SARCOMERE LENGTH; SLOW MUSCLE FIBER;

ANIMALS; CONTRACTILE PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ISOTONIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLES; MYOFIBRILS; NEPHROPIDAE; SARCOMERES; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

ANIMALIA; NEPHROPS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0032780976     PISSN: 01424319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005481725344     Document Type: Article

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