Mutations in LMNA, which encodes A-type lamins, result in disparate diseases, known collectively as laminopathies, that affect distinct tissues, including striated muscle and adipose tissue. Lamins ...

Titin is a giant muscle protein with a molecular weight in the megaDalton range and a contour length of more than 1 mm. Its size and location within the sarcomere structure determine its important ...

SINCE the classic studies of Volkmann 1 there has been abundant experimental work which shows that, following local injury, mammalian striated muscle is capable of some degree of regeneration. But ...

Danielle “Nellie” Bruns, an associate professor in the University of Wyoming’s Department of Zoology and Physiology, has received a five-year, $1.78 million research grant from the National Institutes ...

Actomyosin is a protein complex composed of actin and myosin. It is found in muscle fibers where it plays a role in muscle contraction. Actin is one of the most abundant proteins in eukaryotes. It ...

Researchers have just made the unexpected discovery of a novel organization of muscle fibers in Parophidion vassali, a fish that lives in the Mediterranean Sea and, like many fish, uses specialized ...