Invertebrate muscles: muscle specific genes and proteins

SL Hooper, JB Thuma - Physiological reviews, 2005 - journals.physiology.org
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 …

Skeletal muscle α-actin diseases (actinopathies): pathology and mechanisms

KJ Nowak, G Ravenscroft, NG Laing - Acta neuropathologica, 2013 - Springer
Mutations in the skeletal muscle α-actin gene (ACTA1) cause a range of congenital
myopathies characterised by muscle weakness and specific skeletal muscle structural …

Time-restricted feeding promotes muscle function through purine cycle and AMPK signaling in Drosophila obesity models

C Livelo, Y Guo, F Abou Daya, V Rajasekaran… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Obesity caused by genetic and environmental factors can lead to compromised skeletal
muscle function. Time-restricted feeding (TRF) has been shown to prevent muscle function …

Mutations in the skeletal muscle α-actin gene in patients with actin myopathy and nemaline myopathy

KJ Nowak, D Wattanasirichaigoon, HH Goebel… - Nature …, 1999 - nature.com
Muscle contraction results from the force generated between the thin filament protein actin
and the thick filament protein myosin, which causes the thick and thin muscle filaments to …

Time-restricted feeding restores muscle function in Drosophila models of obesity and circadian-rhythm disruption

JE Villanueva, C Livelo, AS Trujillo, S Chandran… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Pathological obesity can result from genetic predisposition, obesogenic diet, and circadian
rhythm disruption. Obesity compromises function of muscle, which accounts for a majority of …

Folding and quality control of the VHL tumor suppressor proceed through distinct chaperone pathways

AJ McClellan, MD Scott, J Frydman - Cell, 2005 - cell.com
The mechanisms by which molecular chaperones assist quality control of cytosolic proteins
are poorly understood. Analysis of the chaperone requirements for degradation of misfolded …

Direct observation of stress response in Caenorhabditis elegans using a reporter transgene

CD Link, JR Cypser, CJ Johnson… - Cell stress & …, 1999 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Transgenic Caenorhabditis elegans expressing jellyfish Green Fluorescent Protein under
the control of the promoter for the inducible small heat shock protein gene hsp-16–2 have …

Arabidopsis actin gene ACT7 plays an essential role in germination and root growth

LU Gilliland, LC Pawloski, MK Kandasamy… - The Plant …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Arabidopsis contains eight actin genes. Of these ACT7 is the most strongly expressed in
young plant tissues and shows the greatest response to physiological cues. Adult plants …

A mutation in the gamma actin 1 (ACTG1) gene causes autosomal dominant hearing loss (DFNA20/26)

E Van Wijk, E Krieger, MH Kemperman… - Journal of medical …, 2003 - jmg.bmj.com
Linkage analysis in a multigenerational family with autosomal dominant hearing loss yielded
a chromosomal localisation of the underlying genetic defect in the DFNA20/26 locus at …

The Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Dα7 Is Required for an Escape Behavior inDrosophila

A Fayyazuddin, MA Zaheer, PR Hiesinger… - PLoS biology, 2006 - journals.plos.org
Acetylcholine is the major excitatory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system of
insects. Mutant analysis of the Dα7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) of Drosophila …