Marsupial cardiac myosins are similar to those of eutherians in subunit composition and in the correlation of their expression with body size

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 153-163

  Hoh, Joseph F Y ^a   Kim, Yoonah ^a   Lim, Jacqueline H Y ^a   Sieber, Louise G ^a   Lucas, Christine A ^a   Zhong, Wendy W H ^a  

^a University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiac muscle; Marsupial; Myosin

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC MYOSIN; ISOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MARSUPIAL; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BODY SIZE; CARDIAC MYOSINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPODIDAE; MARSUPIALIA; MYOCARDIUM; PROTEIN ISOFORMS;

ANTECHINUS FLAVIPES; ANTECHINUS STUARTII; BETTONGIA PENICILLATA; EUTHERIA; MACROPODOIDEA; MACROPUS EUGENII; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; PSEUDOCHEIRUS PEREGRINUS; SMINTHOPSIS CRASSICAUDATA; TRICHOSURUS; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA; WALLABIA;

EID: 33846585942     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-006-0117-4     Document Type: Article

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