PUBLICATION
Other model organisms for sarcomeric muscle diseases
- Authors
- Sparrow, J., Hughes, S.M., and Segalat, L.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-090209-2
- Date
- 2008
- Source
- Advances in experimental medicine and biology 642: 192-206 (Review)
- Registered Authors
- Hughes, Simon M.
- Keywords
- none
- MeSH Terms
-
- Animals
- Cell Differentiation
- Disease Models, Animal
- Genome/genetics
- Humans
- Muscular Diseases/genetics
- Muscular Diseases/metabolism*
- Muscular Diseases/pathology
- Sarcomeres/metabolism*
- PubMed
- 19181102 Full text @ Adv. Exp. Med. Biol.
Citation
Sparrow, J., Hughes, S.M., and Segalat, L. (2008) Other model organisms for sarcomeric muscle diseases. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 642:192-206.
Abstract
Model organisms are vital to our understanding of human muscle biology and disease. The potential of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, the fruitfly, Drosophila melanogaster and the zebrafish, Danio rerio, as model genetic organisms for the study of human muscle disease is discussed by examining their muscle biology, muscle genetics and development. The powerful genetic tools available with each organism are outlined. It is concluded that these organisms have already demonstrated potential in facilitating the study of muscle disease and in screening for therapeutic agents.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping