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Myosin from Cross-reinnervated Cat Muscles

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Correlated physiological changes, and structural and functional changes in myosin, following cross-reinnervation of cat fast-twitch and slow-twitch muscles, indicate that the myosin phenotype is controlled through the nervous system.

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  1. C. J. C. KEAN

    Present address: Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, The Center for the Health Sciences, Los Angeles, California, 90024

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  1. MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hills Road, Cambridge

    A. G. WEEDS

  2. Molecular Enzymology Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol

    D. R. TRENTHAM

  3. Department of Physiology, University of Bristol, Bristol

    C. J. C. KEAN & A. J. BULLER

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WEEDS, A., TRENTHAM, D., KEAN, C. et al. Myosin from Cross-reinnervated Cat Muscles. Nature 247, 135–139 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/247135a0

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