Activin A inhibits formation of skeletal muscle during chick development

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 209, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 401-407

  He, Liwen ^a,b,d   Vichev, Konstantin ^b,c   Macharia, Raymond ^b   Huang, Ruijin ^a   Christ, Bodo ^a   Patel, Ketan ^b   Amthor, Helge ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activin; Chick; Embryo; Muscle; Myogenesis

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; MYOGENIC FACTOR 5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX7; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHICK EMBRYO; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOWN-REGULATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EXTREMITIES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GROWTH INHIBITORS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INHIBIN-BETA SUBUNITS; MESODERM; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOBLASTS, SKELETAL; MYOD PROTEIN; MYOGENIC REGULATORY FACTOR 5; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PAX7 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 22044457282     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-005-0454-1     Document Type: Article

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