The genetics of vertebrate myogenesis

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 632-646

  Bryson Richardson, Robert J ^a,b   Currie, Peter D ^a,b  

^a VICTOR CHANG CARDIAC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOMITE; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; HEAD; HEART; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLES; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RNA, MESSENGER; VERTEBRATES;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 47649083077     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: 14710064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrg2369     Document Type: Review

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