Pax7 includes two polymorphic homeoboxes which contain rearrangements associated with differences in the ability to regenerate damaged skeletal muscle in adult mice

International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 261-269

  Kay, Peter H ^a   Harmon, Donna ^a   Fletcher, Susan ^a   Robertson, Terry ^a   Ziman, Melanie ^a   Papadimitriou, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

DNA sequencing; Genetics; Laboratory mice; Myogenesis; Pax7

Indexed keywords

DNA; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HOMEOBOX; INBRED STRAIN; MALE; MOUSE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PAX7 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; REGENERATION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032571158     PISSN: 13572725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1357-2725(97)00108-8     Document Type: Article

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