Lbx2regulates formation of myofibrils [PDF]
BMC Developmental Biology, 2009 Skeletal muscle differentiation requires assembly of contractile proteins into organized myofibrils. The Drosophila ladybird homeobox gene (lad) functions in founder cells of the segmental border muscle to promote myoblast fusion and muscle shaping. Tetrapods have two homologous genes (Lbx).
Ochi, Haruki, Westerfield, Monte
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Specific fluorescent labeling of chicken myofibril Z-line proteins catalyzed by guinea pig liver transglutaminase [PDF]
, 1979 Guinea pig liver transglutaminase has been found to catalyze the covalent incorporation of dansylcadaverine into chicken skeletal muscle myofibril proteins.
Gard, David L., Lazarides, Elias
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Growth hormone plus resistance exercise attenuate structural changes in rat myotendinous junctions resulting from chronic unloading. [PDF]
, 2013 Myotendinous junctions (MTJs) are specialized sites on the muscle surface where forces generated by myofibrils are transmitted across the sarcolemma to the extracellular matrix.
Burattini, S +8 more
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Modular proteins from the Drosophila sallimus (sls) gene and their expression in muscles with different extensibility [PDF]
, 2007 The passive elasticity of the sarcomere in striated muscle is determined by large modular proteins, such as titin in vertebrates. In insects, the function of titin is divided between two shorter proteins, projectin and sallimus (Sls), which are the ...
Ayme-Southgate +53 more
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Nebulette knockout mice have normal cardiac function, but show Z-line widening and up-regulation of cardiac stress markers [PDF]
, 2015 Aims: Nebulette is a 109 kDa modular protein localized in the sarcomeric Z-line of the heart. In vitro studies have suggested a role of nebulette in stabilizing the thin filament, and missense mutations in the nebulette gene were recently shown to be ...
Bang, Marie-Louise +12 more
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A Supramolecular Polymerization Approach to the Growth of the Myofibril
Frontiers in Chemistry, 2019 Extended linear structures self-assemble by the multi-stage-open-association mechanism of supramolecular polymerization (MSOA). Application of the model requires the identification of a repeating unit, the main-chain supramolecular bond, and the binding ...
Alberto Ciferri, Alvin L. Crumbliss
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Isolation of a new high molecular weight protein associated with desmin and vimentin filaments from avian embryonic skeletal muscle [PDF]
, 1982 Filaments with a diameter of 80-120 Å have been prepared from 14-d-old chick embryonic skeletal muscle, using a physiological salt solution and gel filtration chromatography.
Breckler, Jennifer, Lazarides, Elias
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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2019 Myofibril based mechanical studies allow evaluation of sarcomeric protein function. We describe a novel method of obtaining myofibrils from primary cardiomyocyte culture.
Kathleen C. Woulfe +10 more
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Sarcomere formation occurs by the assembly of multiple latent protein complexes. [PDF]
PLoS Genetics, 2010 The stereotyped striation of myofibrils is a conserved feature of muscle organization that is critical to its function. Although most components that constitute the basic myofibrils are well-characterized biochemically and are conserved across the animal
Yanning Rui +2 more
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Effects of high-pressure treatment on the structure and function of myofibrils
Biophysics and Physicobiology, 2021 The effects of high pressure (40–70 MPa) on the structure and function of myofibrils were investigated by high pressure microscopy. When this pressure was applied to myofibrils immersed in relaxing solution, the sarcomere length remained almost unchanged,
Seine A. Shintani
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