Morphological and biochemical alterations of skeletal muscles from the genetically obese (ob/ob) mouse

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 831-841

  Kemp, J G ^a,b   Blazev, R ^a   Stephenson, D G ^c   Stephenson, G M M ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fibre type; Muscle fibre; Muscle plasticity; Myosin heavy chain; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE ISOENZYME; MUSCLE PROTEIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORESIS; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; FAST MUSCLE; MALE; MOUSE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE MASS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; TISSUE HOMOGENATE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; C57BL MOUSE; CHEMISTRY; ELASTICITY; FAST MUSCLE FIBER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SLOW MUSCLE FIBER;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; ELASTICITY; GENETIC VARIATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, OBESE; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; MUSCLE FIBERS, SLOW-TWITCH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBESITY; THINNESS;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 68949151833     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2009.100     Document Type: Article

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