Suppression of myostatin with vector-based RNA interference causes a double-muscle effect in transgenic zebrafish

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 387, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 766-771

  Lee, Chiou Yueh ^a,b,c   Hu, Shao Yang ^c   Gong, Hong Yi ^d   Chen, Mark Hung Chih ^e   Lu, Jenn Kan ^d   Wu, Jen Leih ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Taipei College of Maritime Technology   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF CELLULAR AND ORGANISMIC BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e HUNGKUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Myostatin; RNA interference; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; MESSENGER RNA; MYOD PROTEIN; MYOGENIC FACTOR 5; MYOGENIN; MYOSTATIN; PROTEIN MRF4; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENOTYPE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HOMOZYGOSITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; MODELS, ANIMAL; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLES; MYOSTATIN; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 68549110149     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.07.110     Document Type: Article

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