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ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Hui Gao
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-1050 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Glenmark Birgitta B Nilsson Maria M Gao Hui H Gustafsson Jan-Ake JA Dahlman-Wright Karin K Westerblad Håkan H
American journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism 20040727 6
Male skeletal muscles are generally faster and have higher maximum power output than female muscles. Conversely, during repeated contractions, female muscles are generally more fatigue resistant and recover faster. We studied the role of estrogen receptor-beta (ERbeta) in this gender difference by comparing contractile function of soleus (mainly slow-twitch) and extensor digitorum longus (fast-twitch) muscles isolated from ERbeta-deficient (ERbeta(-/-)) and wild-type mice of both sexes. Results ...[more]