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Red Fiber

A type of striated skeletal muscle fiber that contracts slowly and contains high amounts of mitochondria, myoglobin and sarcoplasm.
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Skeletal muscle structure

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Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Quantitative distribution of muscle fiber types in the scup Stenotomus chrysops
Because the mass‐specific power generated by myotomal muscle during swimming varies along the length of the fish, a realistic… 
1996
1996
MERRF syndrome with overwhelming lactic acidosis.
1995
1995
Ekbom's syndrome of photomyoclonus, cerebellar ataxia and cervical lipoma is associated with the tRNALys A8344G mutation in mitochondrial DNA
We have investigated nine maternal offsprings to patients with a hereditary syndrome of cerebellar ataxia, photomyoclonus… 
1993
1993
Phenotypic heterogeneity in families with the myoclonic epilepsy and ragged‐red fiber disease point mutation in mitochondrial DNA
Two families with a point mutation in mtDNA associated with myoclonic epilepsy and ragged‐red fiber disease showed pronounced… 
Review
1988
Review
1988
Structure of motor endplates in the different fiber types of vertebrate skeletal muscles.
The number and localization of vertebrate motor endplates on the muscle fiber, and their structure, vary according to phylum and… 
1977
1977
Mitochondrial abnormalities in progressive external ophthalmoplegia.
1972
1972
Comparative aspects of mitochondria isolated from W, R, and R muscle fibers of the chick.
1969
1969
The ultrastructure of neuromuscular junctions of human red, white and intermediate striated muscle fibers.
An electron microscopic study was made on the fine structural differences in the motor endplates among the red, white and… 
1965
1965
Histochemical studies on the red, white and intermediate muscle fibers of some skeletal mescles. II. The capillary distribution on three types of fibers of some skeletal muscles.
From the histochemical study on the vascular distribution of limb muscles of cats and rats, the following results were obtained… 
1956
1956
Effect of cold acclimation on vascularization of ears, heart, liver and muscles of white rats.
The degree of vascularization of different tissues of rats killed with ether after a 4-week acclimation period to 30°C or 6°C was… 
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