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Myomuscular junctions between muscle fibers in the gill sacs of the Atlantic hagfish, Myxine glutinosa, were examined by electron microscopy. According to the presence of sarcolemmal differentiations typical of myotendinous junctions, the myomuscular junctions can be described as a symmetric myotendinous junction
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Bartels, H. Myomuscular junctions in the gill-sac muscle of the Atlantic hagfish, Myxine glutinosa: analogy with myotendinous junctions. Cell Tissue Res. 246, 223–225 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00219022
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