Synchrotron Radiation X-ray Diffraction Techniques Applied to Insect Flight Muscle.

摘要: X-ray fiber diffraction is a powerful tool used for investigating the molecular structure of muscle and its dynamics during contraction. This technique has been successfully applied not only to skeletal cardiac muscles vertebrates but also insect flight muscle. Generally, highly ordered often capable high-frequency oscillations. The studies on have accelerated by advent 3rd-generation synchrotron radiation facilities, which can generate brilliant oriented beams. review focuses some novel experiments done using X-rays. These include recordings from single myofibrils within microbeams high-speed wing-beat live insects. provided information about dynamic function in unprecedented detail. Future directions are discussed.