Disruption of the lama2 gene in embryonic stem cells: Laminin α2 is necessary for sustenance of mature muscle cells

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 241, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 117-125

  Kuang, Wen ^a,b   Xu, Hong ^b   Vachon, Pierre H ^b,c   Engvall, Eva ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; ES cells; Gene targeting; Myogenesis; Roerosin

Indexed keywords

LAMININ; MEROSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL SURVIVAL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MYOTUBE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STEM CELL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031814662     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/excr.1998.4025     Document Type: Article

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