Article
Phenotypic conversion of distinct muscle fiber populations to electrocytes in a weakly electric fish.
The Journal of comparative neurology - 14 Sept 1998
Unguez G A, Zakon H H
Abstract excerpt
In most groups of electric fish, the electric organ (EO) derives from striated muscle cells that suppress many muscle phenotypic properties. This phenotypic conversion is recapitulated during regeneration of the tail in the weakly electric fish Sternopygus macrurus. Mature electrocytes, the cells...
Topics
- Adenosine Triphosphatases
- Animals
- Cell Differentiation
- Electric Fish
- Electric Organ
- Female
- Male
- Microscopy, Electron
- Muscle Fibers, Skeletal
- Muscle, Skeletal
- Myosin Heavy Chains
- Phenotype
- Regeneration
- Tail