... available, indicating satiety had been reached. Intestinal contents had decreased by 50% 3 h after food was withdrawn and 95% of the food ingested had been assimilated or excreted by 9 h ( Fig. 1 ). In fast myotomal muscle the protein Akt showed a marked increase in phosphorylation to peak levels...

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... 2 mRNA expression was restricted to muscle and brain. In developing muscle, Tmyostatin 1 expression was observed in eyed-stage embryos well before hatching, whereas Tmyostatin 2 was expressed only in free-swimming larvae. In myotomal muscle from adult animals, Tmyostatin 1 mRNA accumulation...