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. 1988 Feb 15;250(1):307–308. doi: 10.1042/bj2500307

Myosin heavy chain composition of single fibres from normal human muscle.

D Biral 1, R Betto 1, D Danieli-Betto 1, G Salviati 1
PMCID: PMC1148850  PMID: 3355518

Abstract

Electrophoretic analysis in the presence of 33% glycerol of purified myosin from normal human muscle shows three distinct protein bands which are identified as type 1, 2B, and 2A myosin heavy chain (MHC) isoforms by affinity-purified polyclonal antibodies. Analysis of MHC of single human muscle fibres shows that human muscles contain a large population of fibres showing the coexistence of type 2A and 2B MHC.

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