Titin expression as an early indication of heart and skeletal muscle differentiation in vitro. Developmental re-organisation in relation to cytoskeletal constituents

Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-36

  Van Der Loop, Frank T L ^a   Van Eys, Guillaume J J M ^a   Schaart, Gert ^a   Ramaekers, Frans C S ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; HAMSTER; HEART MUSCLE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIBODIES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; CRICETINAE; DESMIN; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOCARDIUM; MYOSINS; PROTEIN KINASES; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; RATS, MUTANT STRAINS;

EID: 0029936250     PISSN: 01424319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00140321     Document Type: Article

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