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Altered Ca2+ sensitivity of tension in single skeletal muscle fibres from MyoD gene-inactivated mice.
The Journal of physiology - 1 Jun 1995
Metzger J M, Rudnicki M A, Westfall M V
Abstract excerpt
1. Single, fast glycolytic skeletal muscle fibres were isolated from wild-type (MyoD+/+) and MyoD mutant mice (MyoD-/-), which lack a functional copy of the MyoD gene. Fibres were chemically permeabilized to permit manipulation and control of the ionic environment of the otherwise intact myofilament apparatus. 2. Results show a fivefold greater variability in the [Ca2+] required for half-maximum tension...
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