Structural and genetic characterization of fish skeletal muscle tropomyosins

Fisheries Science

Volumn 68, Issue , 2002, Pages 1515-1518

  Ochiai, Yoshihiro ^a   Watabe, Shugo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

cDNA cloning; DSC; fast skeletal muscle; fish; primary structure; tropomyosin

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242404109     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: 14442906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2331/fishsci.68.sup2_1515     Document Type: Article

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