Making muscle elastic: the structural basis of myomesin stretching.

Skeletal and cardiac muscles are remarkable biological machines that support and move our bodies and power the rhythmic work of our lungs and hearts. As well as producing active contractile force, muscles are also passively elastic, which is essential to their performance. The origins of both active...

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Autores principales:	Larissa Tskhovrebova, John Trinick
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012
Materias:	Biology (General) QH301-705.5
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:25ea5affcb1248ae96c22da3b4abc05c2021-11-18T05:36:46ZMaking muscle elastic: the structural basis of myomesin stretching.1544-91731545-788510.1371/journal.pbio.1001264https://doaj.org/article/25ea5affcb1248ae96c22da3b4abc05c2012-02-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22347814/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1544-9173https://doaj.org/toc/1545-7885Skeletal and cardiac muscles are remarkable biological machines that support and move our bodies and power the rhythmic work of our lungs and hearts. As well as producing active contractile force, muscles are also passively elastic, which is essential to their performance. The origins of both active contractile and passive elastic forces can be traced to the individual proteins that make up the highly ordered structure of muscle. In this Primer, we describe the organization of sarcomeres--the structural units that produce contraction--and the nature of the proteins that make muscle elastic. In particular, we focus on an elastic protein called myomesin, whose novel modular architecture helps explain elasticity.Larissa TskhovrebovaJohn TrinickPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleBiology (General)QH301-705.5ENPLoS Biology, Vol 10, Iss 2, p e1001264 (2012)
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description	Skeletal and cardiac muscles are remarkable biological machines that support and move our bodies and power the rhythmic work of our lungs and hearts. As well as producing active contractile force, muscles are also passively elastic, which is essential to their performance. The origins of both active contractile and passive elastic forces can be traced to the individual proteins that make up the highly ordered structure of muscle. In this Primer, we describe the organization of sarcomeres--the structural units that produce contraction--and the nature of the proteins that make muscle elastic. In particular, we focus on an elastic protein called myomesin, whose novel modular architecture helps explain elasticity.
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title_short	Making muscle elastic: the structural basis of myomesin stretching.
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Making muscle elastic: the structural basis of myomesin stretching.

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