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The transversus abdominis muscle of the garter snake comprises three distinct muscle fibre types—tonic, slower twitch, and faster twitch—each characterized by discrete metabolic enzyme profiles and myosin heavy chain isoform expressions. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

August 1, 1991The Journal of PhysiologyOpen Access

Metabolic capacity and myosin expression in single muscle fibres of the garter snake.

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Study design: Other. Primary outcome: Metabolic capacity and myosin expression in single muscle fibres.

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Garter snake transversus abdominis muscle contains three fiber types with distinct metabolic and myosin profiles.

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RWRobert S. WilkinsonUniversity of Washington PNP. M. NemethWashington University in St. Louis BRBenjamin W. C. RosserUniversity of Saskatchewan

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Offers insight into non-mammalian muscle physiology; leaves open relevance to human cardiac or skeletal muscle function.

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Metabolic capacity and myosin expression in single muscle fibres

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Wilkinson et al. (1991) studied this question. The transversus abdominis muscle of the garter snake contains three fibre types (tonic, slower twitch, faster twitch) with distinct metabolic enzyme profiles and myosin heavy chain isoforms.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa6cafebc2c7db7488e70e3 https://doi.org/10.1113/jphysiol.1991.sp018699

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Metabolic capacity and myosin expression in single muscle fibres of the garter snake.

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Metabolic capacity and myosin expression in single muscle fibres of the garter snake.

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