Key result
Fast skeletal myosin light chains are immunologically different from slow and cardiac myosin light chains, whereas slow and cardiac muscle light chains share similar immunological characteristics.
Slow skeletal and cardiac muscle myosin light chains share similar immunological characteristics, which are distinct from those of fast skeletal muscle.
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Obinata et al. (1979) studied this question. Antibodies against myosin light chains from chicken fast skeletal, slow skeletal, and cardiac muscle was evaluated on Antigenicities of the light chains. Fast skeletal myosin light chains are immunologically different from slow and cardiac myosin light chains, whereas slow and cardiac muscle light chains share similar immunological characteristics.
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