Postmortem titin proteolysis is influenced by sarcomere length in bovine muscle

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 989-995

  England, E M ^a   Fisher, K D ^a   Wells, S J ^b   Mohrhauser, D A ^b   Gerrard, D E ^a   Weaver, A D ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bovine; Calpain; Proteolysis; Sarcomere length; Titin

Indexed keywords

CALPAIN; CONNECTIN; MUSCLE PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; MEAT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SARCOMERE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; CALPAIN; CATTLE; CONNECTIN; MEAT; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEOLYSIS; SARCOMERES;

EID: 84857327071     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2011-4278     Document Type: Article

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