Fiber-type specific expression of α-actinin isoforms in rat skeletal muscle

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 419, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 401-404

  Ichinoseki Sekine, Noriko ^a   Yoshihara, Toshinori ^a   Kakigi, Ryo ^a   Ogura, Yuji ^b   Sugiura, Takao ^c   Naito, Hisashi ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actinins; Fiber type distribution; Myosin heavy chain; Rat

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTININ 2; ALPHA ACTININ 3; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE;

ACTININ; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

MAMMALIA; MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 84857992910     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2012.02.034     Document Type: Article

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