This review summarizes the functional properties of sarcomeric myosin isoforms in avian muscle and their implications for muscle and meat science.
Avian myosin isoform summary may inform poultry breeding; leaves open empirical validation for meat quality applications.
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.
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