Skeletal muscle adaptations to microgravity exposure in the mouse

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2462-2470

  Harrison, B C ^a   Allen, D L ^a   Girten, B ^e   Stodieck, L S ^b   Kostenuik, P J ^c   Bateman, T A ^d   Morony, S ^c   Lacey, D ^c   Leinwand, L A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^c AMGEN INC   (United States)

^d Clemson University   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Animal enclosure module

Indexed keywords

CITRATE SYNTHASE; CONTRACTILE PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; MYOSIN I; MYOSIN II; MYOSIN IIA; MYOSIN IIB; MYOSIN IIX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROGRAVITY; MOUSE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; NONHUMAN; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPACE FLIGHT; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 0344413697     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00603.2003     Document Type: Article

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