Uses
The level of mysosin (fast) in serum samples from sportsmen with past injury was determined by western blot using monoclonal mouse anti-myosin (skeletal/fast) as the primary antibody at a dilution of 1:90000.
General Description
Localizes an epitope on the myosin heavy chain. Stains the fast (type II) and neonatal isomyosin molecules found in skeletal muscle, but does not stain cardiac muscle, smooth muscle or non-muscle myosin in cultured cells. Does react with human rhabdomyosarcomas.
Biochem/physiol Actions
Myosin (Skeletal, Fast) is useful not only in fiber typing but also in detection of myogenic tumors. It enables retrospective as well as prospective fiber typing using formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded material.
