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J. Mol. Sci. (ISSN 1422-0067, CODEN: IJMCFK) |
Special Issue: "Muscle
Contraction Mechanism, Motor Proteins Function and Molecular Aspects of Water" Former: "From Molecular Motors to Muscle Contraction" The special issue belongs to the section "Biochemisty, Molecular Biology and Biophysics" |
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[Editors] [Announced Papers] [Published Papers] [Leading Review Papers]
Editors:
Guest Editor
Dr. Reuven Tirosh
E-mail: tiroshr1@mail.biu.ac.il.
The Biophysical Schottenstein Center, Physics Department, Bar Ilan University, Ramat-Gan 52900, Israel
Guest Editor
Dr. Reuven Tirosh
E-mail: tiroshr1@mail.biu.ac.il.
The Biophysical Schottenstein Center, Physics Department, Bar Ilan University, Ramat-Gan 52900, Israel
Managing Editor
Dr. Shu-Kun Lin
E-mail: lin@mdpi.org
Dr. Shu-Kun Lin
E-mail: lin@mdpi.org
Editorial Advisory Board:
Professor Mark L. Richter
Departments of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA
Dr. Walter Herzog
Human Performance Laboratory, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr. N.W., Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
Professor Julian Borejdo
Professor of Molecular Biology, Department of Molecular Biology, University of North Texas, Health Science Center, 3500 Camp Bowie Blvd, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA
Departments of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA
Dr. Walter Herzog
Human Performance Laboratory, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr. N.W., Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
Professor Julian Borejdo
Professor of Molecular Biology, Department of Molecular Biology, University of North Texas, Health Science Center, 3500 Camp Bowie Blvd, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA
Keywords:
Topics of special interest include, but are not strictly limited to, the following:
muscle
contraction mechanism,
models, motor
proteins, cell motility, actin-myosin ATPase,
physical chemistry of water, water solitons, hydraulic compression,
ATP hydrolysis, cytoplasm steaming, bioenergetics, proton-motive-force,
Brownian motor, actin
motors,
microtubule motors, plant specific motors, transport of proteins and
vesicles, RNA polymerase, topoisomerases, Fokker-Planck equation, Monte
Carlo method, molecular dynamics, brownian motor, FRET,
electrophysiology, optical tweezers, magnetic tweezers, locomotion
Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. All papers are refereed through a peer review process. Manuscripts should be prepared according to the Instructions for Authors and submitted by e-mail to ijms@mdpi.org with the subject title of the message put as “Submission for IJMS Special Issue on Muscle Contraction”.
Announced Papers:
Published Papers:
Reuven Tirosh
The Biophysical Schottenstein Center, Physics Department, Bar Ilan University, Ramat-Gan 52900, Israel; E-mail: tiroshr1(at)mail.biu.ac.il; Tel: 972-9-767-9341
Ballistic Protons and Microwave-induced Water Solitons in Bioenergetic Transformations
Supplementary material: http://www.mdpi.org/ijms/papers/i7090320/
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2006, 7, 320-345 (PDF format, 228 K)
Valdur Saks 1,2,*, Nathalie Beraud 1 and Theo Wallimann 3
1 Laboratory of Bioenergetics, INSERM U884, Joseph Fourier University Grenoble, France
2 Laboratory of Bioenergetics, National Institute of Chemical and Biological Physics, Tallinn, Estonia
3 Institute of Cell Biology, ETH Zurich Hönggerberg, HPM D24, CH-8093 Zuerich, Switzerland
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; Laboratory of Bioenergetics, Joseph Fourier University, 2280, Rue de la Piscine, BP53X – 38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, France ; E-mail: Valdur.Saks@ujf-grenoble.fr; Tel.: 0033476635627; Fax: 0033476514218
Received: 15 April 2008; in revised form: 8 May 2008 / Accepted: 8 May 2008 / Published: 9 May 2008
Review: Metabolic Compartmentation – A System Level Property of Muscle Cells
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2008, 9, 751-767 (PDF format, 314K); DOI: 10.3390/ijms9050751
Manuscript ID: IJMS-21-01
Type of Paper: Review
Title: Sarcomeric Gene Mutations in Skeletal Muscle Diseases
Author: Homa Tajsharghi
Manuscript ID: IJMS-21-02
Type of Paper: Full Research Paper
Title: Remarks on Muscle Contraction Mechanism
Authors: Toshio Mitsui* and Hiroyuki Ohshima**
Affiliations: * Osaka University and **Tokyo University of Science
Abstract: Download the Abstract
Manuscript ID: IJMS-21-04
Type of Paper: Review
Title: Sarcomeric Gene Mutations in Skeletal Muscle Diseases
Author: Homa Tajsharghi
Affiliation: Department
of Pathology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, S-413 45 Göteborg,
Sweden; Tel. +46 31 3422343/ +46 736-225525; Fax: +46 31
417283
Abstract: Download the AbstractManuscript ID: IJMS-21-02
Type of Paper: Full Research Paper
Title: Remarks on Muscle Contraction Mechanism
Authors: Toshio Mitsui* and Hiroyuki Ohshima**
Affiliations: * Osaka University and **Tokyo University of Science
Abstract: Download the Abstract
Manuscript ID: IJMS-21-04
Type of Paper: Review
Title: ATP-driven Gel Machine
Authors: Akira Kakugo
Abstract: n/a
Manuscript ID: IJMS-21-05
Type of Paper: Review
Title: Molecular mechanism of the actin-linked regulation of ATPase cycle in various muscle types
Authors: Yuri S. Borovikov, Olga E. Karpicheva and Stanislava V. Avrova
Affiliation: Laboratory of Mechanisms of Cell Motility, Institute of Cytology of Russian Academy of Sciences, Tikhoretsky 4,194064 St . Petersburg,
Russia.
Abstract: The data on modulation of the conformational changes in actin and myosin during ATPase cycle by different actin-binding regulatory proteins (tropomyosin, troponin, caldesmon, calponin and twitchin) obtained by the polarized fluorescence technique has been analyzed. It is supposed that contraction in various muscle types is regulated via universal mechanism lying in disturbing the teamwork of actin and myosin in actomyosin motors.
Title: ATP-driven Gel Machine
Authors: Akira Kakugo
Abstract: n/a
Manuscript ID: IJMS-21-05
Type of Paper: Review
Title: Molecular mechanism of the actin-linked regulation of ATPase cycle in various muscle types
Authors: Yuri S. Borovikov, Olga E. Karpicheva and Stanislava V. Avrova
Affiliation: Laboratory of Mechanisms of Cell Motility, Institute of Cytology of Russian Academy of Sciences, Tikhoretsky 4,
Abstract: The data on modulation of the conformational changes in actin and myosin during ATPase cycle by different actin-binding regulatory proteins (tropomyosin, troponin, caldesmon, calponin and twitchin) obtained by the polarized fluorescence technique has been analyzed. It is supposed that contraction in various muscle types is regulated via universal mechanism lying in disturbing the teamwork of actin and myosin in actomyosin motors.
Published Papers:
Reuven Tirosh
The Biophysical Schottenstein Center, Physics Department, Bar Ilan University, Ramat-Gan 52900, Israel; E-mail: tiroshr1(at)mail.biu.ac.il; Tel: 972-9-767-9341
Ballistic Protons and Microwave-induced Water Solitons in Bioenergetic Transformations
Supplementary material: http://www.mdpi.org/ijms/papers/i7090320/
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2006, 7, 320-345 (PDF format, 228 K)
Valdur Saks 1,2,*, Nathalie Beraud 1 and Theo Wallimann 3
1 Laboratory of Bioenergetics, INSERM U884, Joseph Fourier University Grenoble, France
2 Laboratory of Bioenergetics, National Institute of Chemical and Biological Physics, Tallinn, Estonia
3 Institute of Cell Biology, ETH Zurich Hönggerberg, HPM D24, CH-8093 Zuerich, Switzerland
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; Laboratory of Bioenergetics, Joseph Fourier University, 2280, Rue de la Piscine, BP53X – 38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, France ; E-mail: Valdur.Saks@ujf-grenoble.fr; Tel.: 0033476635627; Fax: 0033476514218
Received: 15 April 2008; in revised form: 8 May 2008 / Accepted: 8 May 2008 / Published: 9 May 2008
Review: Metabolic Compartmentation – A System Level Property of Muscle Cells
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2008, 9, 751-767 (PDF format, 314K); DOI: 10.3390/ijms9050751
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