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Bilateral ovariectomy in adult rabbits was accompanied by significant changes in the fractional composition of muscular proteins in the skeletal muscles, stomach and uterus. These changes were especially marked in respect to total nitrogen, nitrogen of myofibrillary proteins, and stroma proteins. The shifts revealed in the protein composition of the muscular tissue of castrated animals may evidently serve as one of the significant causes of a disturbed motor function of the muscles.
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Yur'ev, V.A., Zhakhova, Z.N. & Lopatina, N.I. Changes in the protein composition of skeletal, cardiac, and smooth muscle after castration. Bull Exp Biol Med 55, 523–525 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00784408
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