GLUT-4 expression is not consistently higher in type-1 than in type-2 fibres of rat and human vastus lateralis muscles; an immunohistochemical study

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 441, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 351-358

  Borghouts, Lars B ^a   Schaart, Gert ^a   Hesselink, Matthijs K C ^a   Keizer, Hans A ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fibre type; GLUT 4; Immunofluorescence microscopy; Skeletal muscle activity

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER;

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER TYPE 4; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MONOSACCHARIDE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; MUSCLE FIBERS, SLOW-TWITCH; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0034495926     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004240000431     Document Type: Article

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