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Small molecule studies: the fourth wave of muscle research
The study of muscle and contractility is an unusual scientific endeavour since it has from the start been focussed on one problem—What makes muscle work?—and yet has needed a vast range of different approaches and techniques to study it. Its uniqueness lies in the fundamental fascination of a large...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6726831/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31228047 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10974-019-09526-w |
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description | The study of muscle and contractility is an unusual scientific endeavour since it has from the start been focussed on one problem—What makes muscle work?—and yet has needed a vast range of different approaches and techniques to study it. Its uniqueness lies in the fundamental fascination of a large scale molecular machine that converts chemical energy into mechanical energy at ambient temperature and with high efficiency that is also controlled by an exquisitely intricate yet utterly reliable regulatory system and is an essential component of animal life. The investigation of muscle is as innovative as any other field of research. As soon as one approach appears to be played out another comes along. It is instructive to consider this as a series of waves of novel and heightened activity starting in the 1950s. The thesis of this article is that we are approaching the fourth wave with the recent rise of interest in small molecules as research tools and possible therapies for muscle diseases. |
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spelling | pubmed-67268312019-09-20 Small molecule studies: the fourth wave of muscle research Marston, Steven J Muscle Res Cell Motil Article The study of muscle and contractility is an unusual scientific endeavour since it has from the start been focussed on one problem—What makes muscle work?—and yet has needed a vast range of different approaches and techniques to study it. Its uniqueness lies in the fundamental fascination of a large scale molecular machine that converts chemical energy into mechanical energy at ambient temperature and with high efficiency that is also controlled by an exquisitely intricate yet utterly reliable regulatory system and is an essential component of animal life. The investigation of muscle is as innovative as any other field of research. As soon as one approach appears to be played out another comes along. It is instructive to consider this as a series of waves of novel and heightened activity starting in the 1950s. The thesis of this article is that we are approaching the fourth wave with the recent rise of interest in small molecules as research tools and possible therapies for muscle diseases. Springer International Publishing 2019-06-21 2019 /pmc/articles/PMC6726831/ /pubmed/31228047 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10974-019-09526-w Text en © The Author(s) 2019 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. |
spellingShingle | Article Marston, Steven Small molecule studies: the fourth wave of muscle research |
title | Small molecule studies: the fourth wave of muscle research |
title_full | Small molecule studies: the fourth wave of muscle research |
title_fullStr | Small molecule studies: the fourth wave of muscle research |
title_full_unstemmed | Small molecule studies: the fourth wave of muscle research |
title_short | Small molecule studies: the fourth wave of muscle research |
title_sort | small molecule studies: the fourth wave of muscle research |
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url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6726831/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31228047 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10974-019-09526-w |
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