Myostatin gene knockdown by myostatin-specific short interfering hairpin RNAs increases MyoD expression in C2C12 myoblasts

Progress in Biochemistry and Biophysics

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 451-459

  Lou, Yan Kun ^a   Luo, Juan ^a   Dai, Rong ^b   Li, Ning ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural and Reclamation Science   (China)

Author keywords

MyoD; Myostatin; RNA interference; ShRNA; SiRNA

Indexed keywords

MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 77954773184     PISSN: 10003282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1206.2009.00486     Document Type: Article

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