Fiber apoptosis in developing rat muscles is regulated by activity, neuregulin

Developmental Biology

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 193-203

  Trachtenberg, Joshua T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; GROWTH REGULATION; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032522984     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1998.8871     Document Type: Article

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