Desmin knockout muscles generate lower stress and are less vulnerable to injury compared with wild-type muscles

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 279, Issue 4 48-4, 2000, Pages

  Sam, Michel ^a   Shah, Sameer ^a   Fridén, Jan ^b   Milner, Derek J ^c   Capetanaki, Yassemi ^c   Lieber, Richard L ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Biomechanics; Cytoskeletal; Intermediate filaments; Muscle injury

Indexed keywords

DESMIN;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CYTOSKELETON; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOUSE; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033679588     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.2000.279.4.c1116     Document Type: Article

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