Myosin isoforms, muscle fiber types, and transitions

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 500-509

  Pette, Dirk ^a   Staron, Robert S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Muscle fiber types; Myosin isoforms; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; MUSCLE; UNLOADING;

CONDITION; FIBER TYPES; HETEROGENEOUS TISSUES; HYBRID FIBER; ISOFORMS; MUSCLE FIBER TYPES; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; MYOSIN ISOFORM; NEUROMUSCULAR ACTIVITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

FIBERS;

MYOSIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FAST MUSCLE; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SLOW MUSCLE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034665188     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0029(20000915)50:6<500::AID-JEMT7>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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