The evolution of skeletal muscle performance: Gene duplication and divergence of human sarcomeric α-actinins

BioEssays

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-25

  Lek, Monkol ^a,b   Quinlan, Kate G R ^a,b   North, Kathryn N ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gene duplication; Muscle performance; Skeletal muscle actinin

Indexed keywords

ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; ALPHA ACTININ; ALPHA ACTININ 2; ALPHA ACTININ 3;

GENE DUPLICATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

ACTININ; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DOSAGE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS;

EID: 74949102278     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: 15211878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.200900110     Document Type: Review

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