Inhibition of myostatin in adult mice increases skeletal muscle mass and strength

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 300, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 965-971

  Whittemore, Lisa Anne ^a   Song, Kening ^a   Li, Xiangping ^a   Aghajanian, Jane ^a   Davies, Monique ^a   Girgenrath, Stefan ^a   Hill, Jennifer J ^a   Jalenak, Mary ^a   Kelley, Pamela ^a   Knight, Andrea ^a   Maylor, Rich ^a   O’hara, Denise ^a   Pearson, Adele ^a   Quazi, Amira ^a   Ryerson, Stephanie ^a   Tan, Xiang Yang ^a   Tomkinson, Kathleen N ^a   Veldman, Geertruida M ^a   Widom, Angela ^a   Wright, Jill F ^a   Wudyka, Steve ^a   Zhao, Liz ^a   Wolfman, Neil M ^a   more..

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth factor; Growth differentiation factor 8; Hypertrophy; Monoclonal antibody; Muscle fiber; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

ANABOLIC AGENT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MYOSTATIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; MALE; MOUSE; MUSCLE GROWTH; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0037462964     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-291X(02)02953-4     Document Type: Article

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