[HTML][HTML] Contributions of alternative splicing to muscle type development and function
E Nikonova, SY Kao, ML Spletter - Seminars in cell & developmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Animals possess a wide variety of muscle types that support different kinds of movements.
Different muscles have distinct locations, morphologies and contractile properties, raising …
Different muscles have distinct locations, morphologies and contractile properties, raising …
Myosin: Formation and maintenance of thick filaments
K Ojima - Animal Science Journal, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Skeletal muscle consists of bundles of myofibers containing millions of myofibrils, each of
which is formed of longitudinally aligned sarcomere structures. Sarcomeres are the …
which is formed of longitudinally aligned sarcomere structures. Sarcomeres are the …
Chronic heart failure decreases cross‐bridge kinetics in single skeletal muscle fibres from humans
MS Miller, P VanBuren, MM LeWinter… - The Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Skeletal muscle function is impaired in heart failure patients due, in part, to loss of
myofibrillar protein content, in particular myosin. In the present study, we utilized small …
myofibrillar protein content, in particular myosin. In the present study, we utilized small …
To understand muscle you must take it apart
C Batters, C Veigel, E Homsher, JR Sellers - Frontiers in physiology, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Striated muscle is an elegant system for study at many levels. Much has been learned about
the mechanism of contraction from studying the mechanical properties of intact and …
the mechanism of contraction from studying the mechanical properties of intact and …
The mechanical properties of Drosophila jump muscle expressing wild-type and embryonic myosin isoforms
CC Eldred, DR Simeonov, RA Koppes, C Yang… - Biophysical journal, 2010 - cell.com
Transgenic Drosophila are highly useful for structure-function studies of muscle proteins.
However, our ability to mechanically analyze transgenically expressed mutant proteins in …
However, our ability to mechanically analyze transgenically expressed mutant proteins in …
Measuring myosin cross-bridge attachment time in activated muscle fibers using stochastic vs. sinusoidal length perturbation analysis
BCW Tanner, Y Wang… - Journal of applied …, 2011 - journals.physiology.org
The average time myosin cross bridges remain bound to actin (t on) can be measured by
sinusoidal length perturbations (sinusoidal analysis) of striated muscle fibers using recently …
sinusoidal length perturbations (sinusoidal analysis) of striated muscle fibers using recently …
Biomechanical properties of honeybee abdominal muscles during stretch activation
Y Zhang, D Yin, X Pang, Z Deng, S Yan - Journal of the Mechanical …, 2023 - Elsevier
The mechanical properties of the honeybee's abdominal muscles endow its abdomen with
movement flexibility to perform various activities. However, the biomechanical properties of …
movement flexibility to perform various activities. However, the biomechanical properties of …
The importance of subfragment 2 and C‐terminus of myosin heavy chain for thick filament assembly in skeletal muscle cells
K Ojima, M Oe, I Nakajima, M Shibata… - Animal Science …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
In skeletal muscle cells, myofibrillar proteins are highly organized into sarcomeres in which
thick filaments interdigitate with thin filaments to generate contractile force. The size of thick …
thick filaments interdigitate with thin filaments to generate contractile force. The size of thick …
COOH-terminal truncation of flightin decreases myofilament lattice organization, cross-bridge binding, and power output in Drosophila indirect flight muscle
The indirect flight muscle (IFM) of insects is characterized by a near crystalline myofilament
lattice structure that likely evolved to achieve high power output. In Drosophila IFM, the …
lattice structure that likely evolved to achieve high power output. In Drosophila IFM, the …
Comparative biomechanics of thick filaments and thin filaments with functional consequences for muscle contraction
MS Miller, BCW Tanner, LR Nyland… - BioMed Research …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The scaffold of striated muscle is predominantly comprised of myosin and actin polymers
known as thick filaments and thin filaments, respectively. The roles these filaments play in …
known as thick filaments and thin filaments, respectively. The roles these filaments play in …