Fibre types in skeletal muscle: A personal account

Acta Physiologica

Volumn 199, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 451-463

  Schiaffino, S ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b VENETIAN INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

calcineurin; muscle fibre types; myosin heavy chain; NFAT; signalling pathways

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFAT; CALCINEURIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

FAST MUSCLE FIBER; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; IN VIVO GENE TRANSFER; IN VIVO STUDY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SLOW MUSCLE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CALCINEURIN; HUMANS; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; NFATC TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 77954335925     PISSN: 17481708     EISSN: 17481716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2010.02130.x     Document Type: Review

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