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Rabbit masseter expresses the cardiac α myosin heavy chain gene
Author(s) -
d'Albis Anne,
Anger Marielle,
Lompre Anne-Marie
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.593
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1873-3468
pISSN - 0014-5793
DOI - 10.1016/0014-5793(93)81388-g
Subject(s) - myosin , complementary dna , microbiology and biotechnology , rabbit (cipher) , myosin light chain kinase , masticatory force , nucleotide , messenger rna , gene , myh7 , biology , heavy chain , masseter muscle , chemistry , biochemistry , anatomy , medicine , statistics , mathematics , orthodontics
The presence of myosin α heavy chain in the rabbit masseter has been previously suggested at the protein level [(1991) Basic Appl. Myol. 1, 23‐34; (1991) Histochem. J. 23, 160‐170]. To confirm this finding, we cloned most of the mRNA corresponding to the myosin heavy chain S2 subfragment. PCR analysis and subsequent nucleotide sequence determination of the amplified cDNA demonstrates the presence of a myosin α heavy chain mRNA in rabbit masticatory muscles.