Evidence for the involvement of neurotrophins in muscle transdifferentiation and acetylcholine receptor transformation in the esophagus of Myf5-/-:MyoD-/- and NT-3-/- embryos

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 231, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 683-692

  Reddy, Tyler ^a   Kablar, Boris ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptors; Mouse embryo; Myf5; MyoD; Neurotrophins; Transdifferentiation

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; MYOD PROTEIN; MYOGENIC FACTOR 5; NEUROTROPHIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEATH; ESOPHAGUS; MOUSE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; MYOD PROTEIN; MYOGENIC REGULATORY FACTOR 5; NEUROTROPHIN 3; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 11144277484     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.20165     Document Type: Article

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