Myoinformatics

A Site Dedicated to the Bioinformatics of Muscle Proteins and Muscle-Related Proteins

Established March 25, 2004 by John Collins, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute

http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/movies/actin_myosin_gif.html     

to see the 1st Myoinformatics Report (myosin regulatory light chain paralogs in the human genome).

to see the 2d Myoinformatics Report (myosin essential light chain paralogs in the human and mouse genomes).

to see the 3rd Myoinformatics Report (myosin light chain paralogs in human, mouse, chicken and cow  genomes).

to see the 2007 Biophysical Society Meeting Myoinformatics poster (large)

to see the 4th Myoinformatics Report (correlation of fast LC1 length and body mass in vertebrate species).

Recommended  Web Sites:  Ken Holmes     Baranys     Muscle biochemistry     Myosin home page     Troponin C home page
Recommended Reading:  50 Years of Muscle     64 Years of Actomyosin     Muscle Evolution     Myosin Superfamily 
Definitions:
bioinformatics: application of computer technology to the management of biological information
homologues: evolutionarily related proteins, which may be orthologues or paralogues
orthologues: homologues from different organisms but descended from a common ancestral gene
paralogues: homologues descended from copies of a gene that duplicated within a single ancestral genome
Please send comments, suggestions, and contributions to John Collins