Fiber type composition of four hindlimb muscles of adult Fisher 344 rats

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 117-123

  Staron, Robert S ^a   Kraemer, William J ^b   Hikida, Robert S ^a   Fry, Andy C ^a   Murray, Jerry D ^a   Campos, Gerson E R ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HINDLIMB; HISTOCHEMISTRY; LEG MUSCLE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; HINDLIMB; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; ORGAN SIZE; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344;

EID: 0033021890     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004180050341     Document Type: Article

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