Quadrupling muscle mass in mice by targeting TGF-β signaling pathways

PLoS ONE

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Lee, Se Jin ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; FOLLISTATIN; MYOSTATIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; FSTL3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; MSTN PROTEIN, MOUSE; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS CIRCULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HOMOZYGOSITY; MOTHER; MOUSE; MUSCLE GROWTH; MUSCLE MASS; NONHUMAN; PROGENY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRANSGENE; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

BOS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; MUS; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMALS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUTATION; MYOSTATIN; PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 38349145459     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000789     Document Type: Article

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