Increase in the degree of coexpression of myosin heavy chain isoforms in skeletal muscle fibers of the very old

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 449-454

  Andersen, Jesper L ^a   Terzis, Gerasimos ^a   Kryger, Ann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Copenhagen Municipal Hospital ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aging; Muscle biopsies; SDS PAGE; Single fiber analysis; Vastus lateralis muscle

Indexed keywords

ISOPROTEIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAST MUSCLE FIBER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SLOW MUSCLE FIBER; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; MYOSINS;

EID: 0032941583     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199904)22:4<449::AID-MUS4>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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