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Functional properties of myosin isoforms in avian muscle
1Department of Food Science and Technology, University of California, Davis 95616, USA. edbandman@ucdavis.edu
Poultry Science
|May 6, 1999
Abstract:
Sarcomeric myosin is the major skeletal muscle protein and is encoded by a large and complex multigene family whose members are differentially expressed in developing and adult muscle cells. The structure and function of sarcomeric myosins have been extensively analyzed and many myosin genes have now been cloned and sequenced. This manuscript reviews the broad spectrum of myosin research with emphasis on studies in avian systems and discusses how advances in myosin isoform analysis have contributed to muscle and meat science.