Publications

Journal Articles

Yoon, C.H., B. Bodvarsson, S. Klim, M. Morkebjerg, S. Mortensen, J. Chen, J.R. Maclaren, P.K. Luther, J.M. Squire, P.J. Bones, and R.P. Millane (2009). Determination of myosin filament orientations in electron micrographs of muscle cross sections. IEEE Trans Image Process. 18:831-9.

Luther, P.K. (2009). The vertebrate muscle Z-disc: sarcomere anchor for structure and signalling. J Muscle Res Cell Motil. 30:171-85.

Bödvarsson, B., S. Klim, M. Mørkebjerg, S. Mortensen, C.H. Yoon, J. Chen, J.R. Maclaren, P.K. Luther, J.M. Squire, P.J. Bones, and R.P. Millane (2008). A morphological image processing method for locating myosin filaments in muscle electron micrographs. Image and Vision Computing. 26:1073-1080.

Luther, P.K., P.M. Bennett, C. Knupp, R. Craig, R. Padron, S.P. Harris, J. Patel, and R.L. Moss (2008). Understanding the organisation and role of myosin binding protein C in normal striated muscle by comparison with MyBP-C knockout cardiac muscle. J Mol Biol. 384:60-72.

Squire, J.M., C. Knupp, and P.K. Luther (2008). Zebrafish--topical, transparent, and tractable for ultrastructural studies. J Gen Physiol. 131:439-43.

Burgoyne T, Muhamed F, Luther PK (2008) Visualisation of cardiac muscle thin filaments and measurement of their lengths by electron tomography, Cardiovascular Research 77(4):707-712.

Luther, P.K. (2007) Structural analysis of cardiac muscle by modern electron microscopy. British Society for Cardiovascular Research Bulletin, 20:4-10.

Squire JM, Al-Khayat HA, Knupp C, et al (2005) Molecular architecture in muscle contractile assemblies, Adv Protein Chem, 71:17-87.

Joya JE, Kee AJ, Nair-Shalliker V, et al (2004) Muscle weakness in a mouse model of nemaline myopathy can be reversed with exercise and reveals a novel myofiber repair mechanism, Hum Mol Genet, 13:2633-2645.

Luther PK, Padrón R, Ritter S, et al (2003) Heterogeneity of Z-band structure within a single muscle sarcomere: implications for sarcomere assembly, J Mol Biol, 332:161-169.

Squire JM, Luther PK, Knupp C (2003) Structural evidence for the interaction of C-protein (MyBP-C) with actin and sequence identification of a possible actin-binding domain, J Mol Biol, 331:713-724.

Luther PK, Morris EP (2003) Cryoelectron microscopy of refrozen cryosections, J Struct Biol, 142:233-240.

Knupp C, Luther PK, Squire JM (2002) Titin organisation and the 3D architecture of the vertebrate-striated muscle I-band., J Mol Biol, 322:731-739.

Luther PK, Squire JM (2002) Muscle Z-band ultrastructure: titin Z-repeats and Z-band periodicities do not match, J Mol Biol, 319:1157-1164.

Luther PK, Barry JS, Squire JM (2002) The three-dimensional structure of a vertebrate wide (slow muscle) Z-band: lessons on Z-band assembly, J Mol Biol, 315:9-20.

Cantino ME, Chew MW, Luther PK, et al (2002) Structure and nucleotide-dependent changes of thick filaments in relaxed and rigor plaice fin muscle, J Struct Biol, 137:164-175.

 

Chapters

Luther PK, (2007) Section shrinkage and radiation damage of plastic sections, ln: Electron Tomography, Second Edition, (ed. J. Frank), Springer, New York, 17-48