title: One small step for muscle: a new micropeptide regulates performance.
abstract: Micropeptides represent an emerging class of eukaryotic regulators that are easily missed in conventional genome annotation. Anderson et al. (2015) describe how a new tissue-specific micropeptide, myoregulin (MLN), interacts with the skeletal muscle calcium handling machinery to moderate contractile activity, representing a promising drug target for improving muscle performance.
authors: National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial Centre for Translational and Experimental Medicine, Imperial College London, London W12 0NN, UK.
authors: Joanne
authors: J
authors: Tonkin
authors: National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial Centre for Translational and Experimental Medicine, Imperial College London, London W12 0NN, UK; Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute/ EMBL Australia, Monash University, 3800 Melbourne, Australia. Electronic address: n.rosenthal@imperial.ac.uk.
authors: Nadia
authors: N
authors: Rosenthal
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009124:Muscle Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000378:metabolism*; D062085:RNA, Long Noncoding / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D009124:Muscle Proteins; D062085:RNA, Long Noncoding