Significant roles of microtubules in mature striated muscle deduced from the correlation between tubulin and its molecular chaperone αB-crystallin in rat muscles

Table 2 Myosin heavy chain content

Number	Striated muscles	I/α (%)	IIa (%)	IId (%)	IIb (%)
1	Atrium	100.0**^,a,b,c	0.0	0.0	0.0
2	Ventricle	100.0**^,a,b,c	0.0	0.0	0.0
3	Masseter	0.0**^,b	8.2 ± 9.6**^,d	64.3 ± 15.5*^,b,d,f	27.4 ± 22.2*^,f
4	Tongue	0.0**^,b,c	4.3 ± 7.1**^,d,e	71.7 ± 6.9**^,b,d,f	24.0 ± 3.7**^,c,e,f
5	Diaphragm	23.3 ± 4.2**^,b,c	21.0 ± 4.7**^,d,e	55.7 ± 5.0**^,b,d,f	0.0**^,c,e,f
6	Soleus muscle	92.7 ± 3.4**^,a,b,c	7.3 ± 3.4**^,a,d,e	0.0**^,b,d	0.0**^,c,e
7	Plantaris muscle	3.8 ± 3.1**^,b,c	0.0**^,d,e	37.1 ± 8.2**^,b,d,f	59.1 ± 10.2**^,c,e,f
8	Gastrocnemius muscle	5.1 ± 1.0**^,b,c	0.0**^,d,e	21.7 ± 6.0**^,b,d,f	73.2 ± 6.4**^,c,e,f
9	EDL muscle	1.7 ± 1.7**^,b,c	0.0**^,d,e	25.3 ± 6.1**^,b,d,f	73.0 ± 6.6**^,c,e,f
10	TA muscle	1.5 ± 1.7**^,c	0.0^,d,*^,e	8.2 ± 5.1**^,d,f	90.3 ± 3.6**^,c,e,f
11	Psoas muscle	1.1 ± 2.3**^,c	0.0**^,e	9.1 ± 7.1**^,f	89.8 ± 6.5**^,c,e,f

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