... Lame duck (Lmd) ( Duan et al., 2001 ; Ruiz-Gomez et al., 2002 ). Following the initial fusion event between a founder cell and an FCM, additional rounds of fusion continue between the developing myotube and FCMs until the final muscle size is achieved. Thus, diversification of the muscle fibers...

...Devkanya Dutta; Sumita Anant; Mar Ruiz-Gomez; Michael Bate; K. VijayRaghavan We have examined the mechanisms underlying the setting of myotubes and choice of myotube number in adult Drosophila . We find that the pattern of adult myotubes is prefigured by a pattern of duf-lacZ -expressing myoblasts...

[email protected] ) 9 8 2001 © 2001. 2001 Drosophila hibris Nephrin Mesoderm Myoblast Myotube Muscle attachment sites Mesectoderm Dumbfounded DM-GRASP BEN SC1 Proteins of the immunoglobulin superfamily (IgSF) have been implicated in the development and maintenance...

... fibers in vitro along with their satellite cells. When the satellite cells were allowed to proliferate, they produced populations of myoblasts that fused together to form myotubes on the laminin substrate. These myoblasts and myotubes also fused with the adult fibers. When they did so, the fibers lost...

...A. John Harris; Robin B. Fitzsimons; John C. McEwan ABSTRACT The expression of myosin isoforms was studied during development of calf muscles in foetal and neonatal rats, using monoclonal antibodies against slow, embryonic and neonatal isoforms of myosin heavy chain (MHC). Primary myotubes had...