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. 2009 Mar 25;296(6):C1383–C1390. doi: 10.1152/ajpcell.00022.2009

Table 3.

Yield of ERMs after calpain treatment


Yield of ERMs, mg protein/100 mg starting myofibrillar protein
+Calpain −Calpain
Bovine diaphragm muscle 1.05±0.065 (2) 0.17 (1)
Rat back and hindlimb muscle 0.99 (1) ND

Values are results from 1 or 2 (means ± SE) measurements, as indicated in parentheses. Starting material was crude myofibrils (Fig. 1) that were treated with purified calpain.