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ReviewAnimal science journal = Nihon chikusan Gakkaiho2019

Myosin: Formation and maintenance of thick filaments.

Koichi Ojima

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Review in Animal science journal = Nihon chikusan Gakkaiho, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. The role of sestrin2 in skeletal muscle regeneration after injury.The Korean journal of physiology & pharmacology : official journal of the Korean Physiological Society and the Korean Society of Pharmacology · 2026
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  5. Effect of NF-κB on Myosin Heavy Chain Content and Muscle Atrophy After Laryngeal Muscle Denervation.World journal of otorhinolaryngology - head and neck surgery · 2025
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  10. Light diffraction by sarcomeres produces iridescence in transmission in the transparent ghost catfish.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023
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  19. Myosin: Formation and maintenance of thick filaments.Animal science journal = Nihon chikusan Gakkaiho · 2019
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Koichi OjimaMuscle Biology Research Unit, Division of Animal Products Research, National Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science, NARO, Tsukuba, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5973-1073

Funding

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 16K08079Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 22580301Uehara Memorial Foundation
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Skeletal muscle consists of bundles of myofibers containing millions of myofibrils, each of which is formed of longitudinally aligned sarcomere structures. Sarcomeres are the minimum contractile unit, which mainly consists of four components: Z-bands, thin filaments, thick filaments, and connectin/titin. The size and shape of the sarcomere component is strictly controlled. Surprisingly, skeletal muscle cells not only synthesize a series of myofibrillar proteins but also regulate the assembly of those proteins into the sarcomere structures. However, authentic sarcomere structures cannot be reconstituted by combining purified myofibrillar proteins in vitro, therefore there must be an elaborate mechanism ensuring the correct formation of myofibril structure in skeletal muscle cells. This review discusses the role of myosin, a main component of the thick filament, in thick filament formation and the dynamics of myosin in skeletal muscle cells. Changes in the number of myofibrils in myofibers can cause muscle hypertrophy or atrophy. Therefore, it is important to understand the fundamental mechanisms by which myofibers control myofibril formation at the molecular level to develop approaches that effectively enhance muscle growth in animals.

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AnimalsAtrophyCytoskeletonHypertrophyMuscle, SkeletalMyofibrilsMyosinsSarcomeresMyosinsmyofibrilmyosinsarcomereskeletal musclethick filament

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PMID31134719
PMCPMC6618170

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