Thoracic skeletal defects in myogenin- and MRF4-deficient mice correlate with early defects in myotome and intercostal musculature

Developmental Biology

Volumn 224, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-41

  Vivian, Jay L ^a   Olson, Eric N ^b   Klein, William H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

MRF4; Muscle gene expression; Myogenesis; Myogenin; Thoracic skeletal development

Indexed keywords

MYOGENIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLE; MODEL; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE DISEASE; MYOPATHY; MYOTOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETON MALFORMATION; THORAX;

EID: 0034254339     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2000.9788     Document Type: Article

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