The content of myosin heavy chains in hindlimb muscles of female and male rats

Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 187-193

  Drzymala Celichowska, H ^a   Karolczak, J ^b   Redowicz, M J ^b   Bukowska, D ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION   (Poland)

^b NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Electrophoresis; Fast twitch glycolytic muscle; Immunofluorescence staining; mATPase staining; Muscle fiber; Myosin heavy chain; Sexual dimorphism; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN ISOFORM I; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN ISOFORM IIA; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN ISOFORM IIB; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN ISOFORM IIX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; DENSITOMETRY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FAST MUSCLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR DIGITORUM BREVIS; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HINDLIMB; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MALE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE MASS; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONTENT; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SLOW MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84861847118     PISSN: 08675910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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