Evaluation of methods for the determination of mitochondrial respiratory chain enzyme activities in human skeletal muscle samples

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 279, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 55-60

  Wiedemann, Falk R ^b   Vielhaber, Stefan ^b   Schröder, Rolf ^a   Elger, Christian E ^a   Kunz, Wolfram S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cytochrome c oxidase; Human skeletal muscle; Mitochondrial diseases; NADH:CoQ oxidoreductase

Indexed keywords

ENZYMES; MITOCHONDRIA;

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; EVALUATION OF METHODS; MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASE; MITOCHONDRIAL MYOPATHY; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATORY CHAIN ENZYMES; OXIDOREDUCTASES; RESPIRATORY CHAIN ENZYMES; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

MUSCLE;

CITRATE SYNTHASE; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE; UBIQUINONE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MITOCHONDRIAL MYOPATHY; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0034023951     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/abio.1999.4434     Document Type: Article

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