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Histochemical demonstration of differences in AMP deaminase activity in rat skeletal muscle-fibres

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The histochemical method for AMP deaminase confirms that rat slow-twitch fibres contain less AMP deaminase activity than fast-twitch fibres. However, the enzyme appears similarly localized in all fibre types.

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  1. R. A. Meyer

    Present address: Department of Physiology, Haryard Medical School, 25 Shattuck Street, 02115, Boston, Mass., USA

  2. J. Gilloteaux

    Present address: Microscopic Anatomy Program, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, P.O. Box 95, 44272, Rootstown, Ohio, USA

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  1. Department of Physiology, Upstate Medical Center, State University of New York, 13210, Syracuse, New York, USA

    R. A. Meyer, J. Gilloteaux & R. L. Terjung

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This study was supported by NIH grant AM 21617.

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Meyer, R.A., Gilloteaux, J. & Terjung, R.L. Histochemical demonstration of differences in AMP deaminase activity in rat skeletal muscle-fibres. Experientia 36, 676–677 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01970134

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