Fiber type and metabolic characteristics of lion (Panthera leo), caracal (Caracal caracal) and human skeletal muscle

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 125-133

  Kohn, Tertius Abraham ^a   Burroughs, Richard ^b   Hartman, Marthinus Jacobus ^b   Noakes, Timothy David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Faculty of Veterinary Sciences   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Enzyme activities; Feline; Fiber type; Myosin heavy chain

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYACYL COENZYME A DEHYDROGENASE; 6 PHOSPHOFRUCTOKINASE; CITRATE SYNTHASE; CREATINE KINASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PHOSPHORYLASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARACAL CARACAL; CAT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GLYCOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LION; MALE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; RUNNING; VALIDATION PROCESS; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

CARACAL CARACAL; ELAGATIS; FELIDAE; PANTHERA LEO; PHOS;

EID: 79953698711     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2011.02.006     Document Type: Article

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