Morphology and ultrastructure of differentiating three-dimensional mammalian skeletal muscle in a collagen gel

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 71-80

  Rhim, Caroline ^a   Lowell, Dorothy A ^a   Reedy, Mary C ^b   Slentz, Dorothy H ^b   Zhang, Sarah J ^a   Kraus, William E ^b   Truskey, George A ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

C2C12 myoblasts; Mature sarcomeres; Skeletal muscle differentiation; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTININ; COLLAGEN GEL; F ACTIN; MYOSIN; PAXILLIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOARTIFICIAL ORGAN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MAMMAL; MOUSE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE FIBER CULTURE; MUSCLE TONE; MYOBLAST; MYOTUBE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; COLLAGEN; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SARCOMERES;

EID: 34347342787     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20788     Document Type: Article

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