Phenotypic conversion of distinct muscle fiber populations to electrocytes in a weakly electric fish

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 399, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 20-34

  Unguez, Graciela A ^a   Zakon, Harold H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Electric organ development; Myosin heavy chain; Skeletal muscle transdifferentiation

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTEMA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; EMBRYO; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TAIL; TISSUE REGENERATION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; FEMALE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; PHENOTYPE; REGENERATION; TAIL;

EID: 0032517158     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19980914)399:1<20::AID-CNE2>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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