Myosin heavy chain isoform composition and stretch activation kinetics in single fibres of Xenopus laevis iliofibularis muscle

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 574, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 307-317

  Andruchova, Olena ^a   Stephenson, Gabriela M M ^b   Andruchov, Oleg ^a   Stephenson, D George ^c   Galler, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOPROTEIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; PROTEIN VARIANT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; KINETICS; LEG MUSCLE; MAMMAL; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RELIABILITY; THEORY VALIDATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ILIOFIBULARIS MUSCLE FIBER; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; KINETICS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 33745185373     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2006.109926     Document Type: Article

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