cDNA cloning and thermodynamic properties of tropomyosin from walleye pollack Theragra chalcogramma fast skeletal muscle

Fisheries Science

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1033-1041

  Ochiai, Yoshihiro ^a   Huang, Ming Chih ^a   Fukushima, Hideto ^a   Watabe, Shugo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

cDNA cloning; Circular dichroism; Differential scanning calorimetry; Fast skeletal muscle; Primary structure; Tropomyosin; Walleye pollack

Indexed keywords

POLLACHIUS POLLACHIUS; SALMO SALAR; STIZOSTEDION VITREUM; THERAGRA CHALCOGRAMMA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0242709823     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1444-2906.2003.00723.x     Document Type: Article

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