Cells that express MyoD mRNA in the epiblast are stably committed to the skeletal muscle lineage

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 178, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 649-660

  Gerhart, Jacquelyn ^a   Neely, Christine ^a   Elder, Justin ^a   Pfautz, Jessica ^a   Perlman, Jordanna ^a   Narciso, Luis ^a   Linask, Kersti K ^b   Knudsen, Karen ^c   George Weinstein, Mindy ^a  

^a PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c LANKENAU INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MYOD PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; HEART MUSCLE CELL; MESODERM; NERVE CELL; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHICK EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOD PROTEIN; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 34547946445     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 00219525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200703060     Document Type: Article

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