Monospecific antibodies against the three mammalian fast limb myosin heavy chains

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 272, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 303-308

  Lucas, Christine A ^a   Kang, Lucia H D ^a   Hoh, Joseph F Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Immunoblotting; Immunocytochemistry; Monoclonal antibodies; Muscle fibre types; Myosin heavy chain

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BABOON; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAST MUSCLE; GUINEA PIG; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; FELIS CATUS; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0034720488     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2000.2768     Document Type: Article

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