... myoblasts myotubes skeletal muscle nuclear birthdating 2-bromo-5 ′-deoxyuridine [ 3 H]thymidine muscle fibre types Skeletal muscle fibres constitute a spectrum of cell types sharing a common theme of a sarcomeric arrangement of sliding filaments and actin – myosin interactions. The varied...

... embryonic skeletal muscle spinal cord stimulation muscle fibre types myosin light chains In adult mammals, conversion of fast muscle towards the slow type is obtained by reinnervating the muscle with a slow nerve or by chronic stimulation of the motor nerve at a slow rhythm (for review, see...

...G. S. Sohal; D. W. Sickles ABSTRACT The influence of innervation on the initial differentiation of muscle fibre types was investigated by using the trochlear nucleus-superior oblique muscle system of duck. The adult muscle is composed of three types of fibres (designated as type I, II, III...