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Calcium sensitivity and myofibrillar protein isoforms of rat skinned skeletal muscle fibres

D Danieli-Betto1, R Betto, M Midrio

  • 1Istituto di Fisiologia Umana, Università di Padova, Padua, Italy.

Pflugers Archiv : European Journal of Physiology
|November 1, 1990
PubMed

Keywords:
Calcium sensitivity in muscle fibersMyosin light chain isoformsSkeletal muscle contractionRegulatory protein expression

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