Electron paramagnetic resonance reveals age-related myosin structural changes in rat skeletal muscle fibers

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 280, Issue 3 49-3, 2001, Pages

  Lowe, Dawn A ^a   Surer, Jack T ^a   Thomas, David D ^a   Thompson, Ladora V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Force; Specific tension; Spectroscopy; Weakness

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; MYOSIN;

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TONE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0035023864     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.2001.280.3.c540     Document Type: Article

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