… of muscle fibres in hind limb muscles of Xenopus laevis and Bufo viridis has shown that the
fast group of muscle … The contraction of the motor unit was recorded isometrically by a strain …

… Skeletal muscles increase oxygen consumption to produce … Here we measure kinetics in
single frog skeletal muscle … We show for the first time that at contractions onset skeletal muscle …

… muscle DE VILLAFRANCA" first reported that the A bands of Limulus skeletal muscle shortened
during ATP-stimulated contraction … striated muscle, unlike vertebrate striated muscle, the …

… ) was expressed with the β 1b , α 2 δ and γ auxiliary subunits in Xenopus laevis oocytes.
After 5–7 days, skeletal muscle L-type currents were measured (469 ± 48 nA in 10 mm Ba 2+ ). …

… single skeletal muscle fibers to test the hypotheses that1) O 2 supply to the mitochondria of
these muscle … Adult female Xenopus laevis were doubly pithed and decapitated. Lumbrical …

… fibres of different types, distinguishable on the basis of physiological, biochemical, and
structural characteristics. In Xenopus laevis five types have been identified; types 1 and 2 are the …

… About 5 days after the addition of TH, the expression of terminally differentiated muscle
genes is activated, and limb skeletal muscle begins to form (13). Therefore, these specialized …

… In Xenopus laevis tadpoles, however, it was shown that muscle fibres do not contribute …
internal structure, necessary for proper contraction of the muscle. The building blocks of this …

1. The normal developmental pattern of voltage‐gated ion channel expression in embryonic
skeletal muscle cells of the frog Xenopus laevis was disrupted by introduction of cloned rat …

… ) content in intact single muscle fibres of types 1 and 2 from Xenopus laevis. The majority of
… In addition, total and myofibrillar ATPase activity was measured in skinned Xenopus fibres, …