Structural and thermodynamic characterization of tropomyosin from fast skeletal muscle of bluefin tuna

Fisheries Science

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 667-674

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bluefin tuna; cDNA cloning; Primary structure; Skeletal muscle; Thermostability; Tropomyosin

Indexed keywords

GENYONEMUS LINEATUS; SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.; THUNNUS; THUNNUS THYNNUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 4444277815     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-2906.2004.00855.x     Document Type: Article

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