Age effect on expression of myosin heavy and light chain isoforms in suspended rat soleus muscle

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1483-1489

  Saitoh, Ayako ^a   Okumoto, Tadashi ^b   Nakano, Hiroshi ^c   Wada, Masanobu ^d   Katsuta, Shigeru ^e  

^a Hakone National Hospital   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NAKAMURA GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Development; Hindlimb suspension; Transition

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAST MUSCLE; IMMOBILIZATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLEUS MUSCLE;

EID: 0032917780     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1999.86.5.1483     Document Type: Article

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