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Enzyme histochemistry of the mesocoxal muscles of Periplaneta americana

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Histochemical techniques have been employed to characterize enzymatic activity in the mesocoxal muscles of the cockroach, Periplaneta americana. Through our studies of the enzymes myosin-ATPase, NADH reductase, succinic dehydrogenase (SDH), and lactic dehydrogenase (LDH), we were able to classify fibers within these muscles according to criteria established for muscle fibers of vertebrates. Many of the mesocoxal muscles possess two different and distinct populations of fibers, whereas the remaining muscles are homogeneous with respect to their constituent fibers. The data presented here indicate biochemical heterogeneity for muscles of differing structural and functional features and possible neurotrophic influences upon oxidative enzymes and myosin-ATPase isozymes.

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    Darrell R. Stokes, Anthony J. Vitale & Charles R. Morgan

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This work was supported by a grant from the McCandless Foundation, Atlanta, Georgia, to D.R. Stokes. The authors wish to thank Drs. F. Lang and R. Josephson for their revision of an early draft of this manuscript

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Stokes, D.R., Vitale, A.J. & Morgan, C.R. Enzyme histochemistry of the mesocoxal muscles of Periplaneta americana . Cell Tissue Res. 198, 175–189 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00234844

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