Musculoskeletal models articles within Nature Communications

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  16 February 2024 | Open Access

  Articular surface interactions distinguish dinosaurian locomotor joint poses

  Criteria for evaluating joint articulation in vertebrates are lacking. Here, the authors propose an approach for combining measurements of 3D articular overlap, symmetry, and congruence into a single metric, and apply this to examine the walking stride of Deinonychus antirrhopus.

  • Armita R. Manafzadeh
  • , Stephen M. Gatesy
  •  & Bhart-Anjan S. Bhullar

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  29 March 2023 | Open Access

  Muscle cell-type diversification is driven by bHLH transcription factor expansion and extensive effector gene duplications

  Different muscle cell types account for specific abilities in animals, yet how their diversification arose remains unclear. Here, the authors show that gene duplications of bHLH transcription factors and effector genes contributed to the diversification of muscle cell types in the sea anemone Nematostella.

  • Alison G. Cole
  • , Stefan M. Jahnel
  •  & Ulrich Technau

• Article
  28 April 2020 | Open Access

  A HaloTag-TEV genetic cassette for mechanical phenotyping of proteins from tissues

  Testing mechanical forces on native molecules in natural environments remains a challenge. Here the authors engineer titin to carry a HaloTag-TEV insertion to allow analysis of dynamics under force in muscle fibers.

  • Jaime Andrés Rivas-Pardo
  • , Yong Li
  •  & Jorge Alegre-Cebollada