Immunohistochemical fiber typing of harbor seal skeletal muscle

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 4105-4111

  Watson, Rebecca R ^a   Miller, Todd A ^a   Davis, Randall W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diving; Fiber type; Harbor seal; Immunohistochemistry; Muscle fiber; Phoca vitulina; Pinniped; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIVING; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUSCLE CELL; PHOCA; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DIVING; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SEALS, EARLESS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; PHOCA; PHOCA VITULINA; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 0344153014     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00652     Document Type: Article

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