What determines myonuclear domain size?

Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-12

  Qaisar, R ^a   Larsson, L ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL AGING; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL METABOLISM; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SIZE; CELL SIZING (MEASUREMENT); CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOPLASM; FOOD INTAKE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE GROWTH; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; MYONUCLEAR DOMAIN; MYONUCLEAR DOMAIN CEILING SIZE; NUCLEAR SIZE; OXIDATION KINETICS; POSTNATAL GROWTH; RESISTANCE TRAINING; REVIEW; RNA PROCESSING; SARCOPENIA; SATELLITE CELL; AGING; ANIMAL; HYPERTROPHY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; SARCOPENIA;

EID: 84894569448     PISSN: 00195499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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