Neurotrophin 4/5 is required for the normal development of the slow muscle fiber phenotype in the rat soleus

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 2191-2200

  Carrasco, Dario I ^a   English, Arthur W ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Myosin heavy chain; Neurotrophin; Rat; Skeletal muscle; Synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BOTULINUM TOXINS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DNA PRIMERS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE FIBERS, SLOW-TWITCH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKADE; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RATS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0038235602     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00412     Document Type: Article

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