Myocardial tissue exhibits a high degree of organization in that the cardiac muscle fibers are both systematically aligned and highly branched. In this study, the influence and significance of fiber branching is analyzed mathematically. In order to allow for analytic solutions, a regular geometry and...
A combinatorial code of identity transcription factors (iTFs) specifies the diversity of muscle types inDrosophila. We previously showed that two iTFs, Lms and Ap, play critical role in the identity of a subset of larval body wall muscles, the lateral transverse (LT) muscles. Intriguingly, a s...
The microscopic observation showed a difference in staining patterns between cardiac and skeletal muscle fibers when the staining was done without chemical fixation. This suggests that nebulin suppresses the attachment of phalloidin to actin filaments. Analysis of fluorescence distribution showed that the ...