Mutations in the skeletal muscle alpha-actin gene (ACTA1) associated with congenital
myopathy with excess of thin myofilaments, nemaline myopathy and intranuclear rod …

This is the first of a projected series of canonic reviews covering all invertebrate muscle
literature prior to 2005 and covers muscle genes and proteins except those involved in …

The Drosophila genome contains> 13000 protein-coding genes, the majority of which
remain poorly investigated. Important reasons include the lack of antibodies or reporter …

Background Sexual dimorphism results in the formation of two types of individuals with
specialized reproductive roles and is most evident in the germ cells and gonads. Results We …

Animals maintain metabolic homeostasis by modulating the activity of specialized organs
that adjust internal metabolism to external conditions. However, the hormonal signals …

To understand neural circuits that control limbs, one must measure their activity during
behavior. Until now this goal has been challenging, because limb premotor and motor …

Flying insects oscillate their wings at high frequencies of up to 1,000 Hz, and produce large
mechanical forces of 80 W per kilogram of muscle. They utilize a pair of perpendicularly …

Actin is a highly conserved protein important for many cellular functions including motility,
contraction in muscles and intracellular transport. Many eukaryotic genomes encode …

Background The rice leaf folder (RLF), Cnaphalocrocis medinalis (Guenee)(Lepidoptera:
Pyralidae), is one of the most destructive pests affecting rice in Asia. Although several …

In striated muscle tropomyosin (Tm) extends along the length of F-actin-containing thin
filaments. Its location governs access of myosin binding sites on actin and, hence, force …