Age-related atrophy of rat soleus muscle is accompanied by changes in fibre type composition, bioenergy decline and mtDNA rearrangements

Biogerontology

Volumn 3, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 25-27

  Yarovaya, Natalia O ^a   Kramarova, Ludmilla ^a   Borg, Judy ^a   Kovalenko, Sergey A ^a   Caragounis, Aphrodite ^a   Linnane, Anthony W ^a  

^a EPWORTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aging cytochrome c oxidase activity; Mitochondrial DNA; Muscle atrophy; Muscle fibre types

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MYOSIN;

AGE; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FAST MUSCLE FIBER; GENE DELETION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SLOW MUSCLE FIBER; SOLEUS MUSCLE;

AGING; ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; ENERGY METABOLISM; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS;

EID: 0036208326     PISSN: 13895729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015295011131     Document Type: Article

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