Article
Regulation of jaw-specific isoforms of myosin-binding protein-C and tropomyosin in regenerating cat temporalis muscle innervated by limb fast and slow motor nerves.
The journal of histochemistry and cytochemistry : official journal of the Histochemistry Society - 1 Nov 2010
Kang Lucia H D, Hoh Joseph F Y
Abstract excerpt
Cat jaw-closing muscles are a distinct muscle allotype characterized by the expression of masticatory-specific myofibrillar proteins. Transplantation studies showed that expression of masticatory myosin heavy chain (m-MyHC) is promoted by fast motor nerves, but suppressed by slow motor nerves. We investigated whether masticatory myosin-binding protein-C (m-MBP-C) and masticatory tropomyosin (m-Tm) are similarly...
Topics
- Animals
- Carrier Proteins
- Cats
- Extremities
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Jaw
- Movement
- Organ Specificity
- Phenotype
- Protein Isoforms
- Regeneration
- Temporal Muscle
- Time Factors
- Tropomyosin