Correlations between ultrastructural features and contraction rates in rotiferan muscle. I. Preliminary observations on longitudinal retractor muscles in Trichocerca rattus.
Cell Tissue Res
; 181(1): 81-90, 1977 Jun 20.
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ABSTRACT
The Rotifer Trichocerca rattus has striated longitudinal retractor muscles. These muscles can be divided into two categories 1. The central and ventral retractor muscles which, after fixation, are found in a supercontracted state they probably contract very quickly. 2. The lateral retractor muscles which are in a relaxed state after fixation. However, if the animal is mechanically stimulated before fixation, these are also fixed in a contracted state so, normally, these muscles probably contract more slowly than the first category. In the relaxed state, thin myofilaments of the lateral retractor muscles are folded at the I band level; this a consequence of their compression provoked by the contraction of central and ventral retractor muscles. In muscles of the first type, the thick myofilaments are shorter (less than 2 mu) than in the second type (2.5 mu).
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Rotifera
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Muscle Contraction
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Muscles
Limits:
Animals
Language:
En
Journal:
Cell Tissue Res
Year:
1977
Document type:
Article