Expression of myosin heavy chain isoforms in porcine muscles determined by multiplex PCR

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 222-225

  Tanabe, Ryo Ichi ^a   Muroya, S ^a   Chikuni, K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Heavy chain; Isoforms; Multiplex PCR; Muscle fiber; Myosin

Indexed keywords

CDNA LIBRARY; FOOD ANALYSIS; ISOFORM; MUSCLE; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; QUALITY CONTROL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE;

EID: 0032901988     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.1999.tb15869.x     Document Type: Article

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