Muscle Fibers, Slow-Twitch
"Muscle Fibers, Slow-Twitch" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Skeletal muscle fibers characterized by their expression of the Type I MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN isoforms which have low ATPase activity and effect several other functional properties - shortening velocity, power output, rate of tension redevelopment.
| Descriptor ID |
D018657
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A10.690.552.500.500.700 A11.620.249.700
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| Concept/Terms |
Muscle Fibers, Slow-Twitch- Muscle Fibers, Slow-Twitch
- Fiber, Slow-Twitch Muscle
- Fibers, Slow-Twitch Muscle
- Muscle Fiber, Slow-Twitch
- Muscle Fibers, Slow Twitch
- Slow-Twitch Muscle Fiber
- Slow-Twitch Muscle Fibers
- Muscle Fibers, Type I
Muscle Fibers, Red- Muscle Fibers, Red
- Fiber, Red Muscle
- Fibers, Red Muscle
- Muscle Fiber, Red
- Red Muscle Fiber
- Red Muscle Fibers
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Type 2 iodothyronine deiodinase is upregulated in rat slow- and fast-twitch skeletal muscle during cold exposure. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2014 Dec 01; 307(11):E1020-9.