Characterisation of myosin heavy chain gene variants in the fast and slow muscle fibres of gammarid amphipods

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 116-122

  Whiteley, N M ^a   Magnay, J L ^b   McCleary, S J ^a,c   Khazraee Nia, S ^a,d   El Haj, A J ^b   Rock, J ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c MARINE INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Amphipoda; Fibre type; Gammarus; Muscle; Myofibrillar ATPase; Myosin heavy chain; SDH

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MESSENGER RNA; MUSCLE PROTEIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; AMPHIPODA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ECHINOGAMMARUS MARINUS; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FAST MUSCLE FIBER; FLEXOR MUSCLE; GAMMARID AMPHIPODS; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS LOCUSTA; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HOMARUS GAMMARUS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LOLIGO PEALEI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PECTEN MAXIMUS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SCALLOP; SLOW MUSCLE FIBER; SQUID;

AMPHIPODA; GAMMARIDAE; GAMMARIDEA; GAMMARUS;

EID: 77955092858     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2010.05.014     Document Type: Article

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