The impact of biochemical methods for single muscle fibre analysis

Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 166, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 261-277

  Pette, Dirk ^a   Peuker, H ^a   Staron, R S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrophoresis; Fibre type; histochemistry; Immunohistochemistry; Myofibrillar protein isoforms; Myosin chain mRNA; RT PCR; Singles fibre analysis; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MESSENGER RNA; MUSCLE ENZYME; MUSCLE PROTEIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

BIOCHEMISTRY; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE TONE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHOTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BIOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; MICROCHEMISTRY; MUSCLE FIBERS;

EID: 0032875219     PISSN: 00016772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-201x.1999.00573.x     Document Type: Review

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