Regulation of skeletal muscle mass in mice by a new TGF-β superfamily member

Nature

Volumn 387, Issue 6628, 1997, Pages 83-90

  McPherron, Alexandra C ^a   Lawler, Ann M ^a   Lee, Se Jin ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE TARGETING; GROWTH REGULATION; MALE; MOUSE; MUSCLE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0031010050     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/387083a0     Document Type: Article

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