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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 small portion of <jats:italic>ap<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>lms<\/jats:italic> mutants displays an increased number of LT muscles, a phenotype that recalls pathological split muscle fibers in human. However, genes acting downstream of Ap and Lms to prevent these aberrant muscle feature are not known. Here, we applied a cell type specific translational profiling (TRAP) to identify gene expression signatures underlying identity of muscle subsets including the LT muscles. We found that <jats:italic>Gelsolin (Gel)<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>dCryAB<\/jats:italic>, both encoding actin-interacting proteins, displayed LT muscle prevailing expression positively regulated by, the LT iTFs. 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