Cytoskeletal control of myogenesis: A desmin null mutation blocks the myogenic pathway during embryonic stem cell differentiation

Developmental Biology

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 422-439

  Weitzer, Georg ^a,b   Milner, Derek J ^a   Kim, Jai Up ^a   Bradley, Allan ^a   Capetanaki, Yassemi ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

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EID: 0029558009     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1995.8070     Document Type: Article

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