α-Actinin-3: why gene loss is an evolutionary gain

Niklas Ivarsson; Håkan Westerblad

doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1004908

α-Actinin-3: why gene loss is an evolutionary gain

PLoS Genet. 2015 Jan 15;11(1):e1004908. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004908. eCollection 2015 Jan.

Authors

Niklas Ivarsson¹, Håkan Westerblad¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Actinin / genetics*
Adaptation, Physiological / genetics*
Cold Temperature
Evolution, Molecular*
Fatigue / genetics
Fatigue / pathology
Humans
Mitochondria / genetics
Muscle Contraction / genetics
Muscle, Skeletal / metabolism
Protein Biosynthesis*

Substances

ACTN3 protein, human
Actinin

Grants and funding

This work was supported by Swedish research Council and the Swedish National Center for Sports Research. The funders had no role in the preparation of the article.