Myostatin levels in skeletal muscle of hibernating ground squirrels

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 2522-2527

  Brooks, Naomi E ^a   Myburgh, Kathryn H ^a   Storey, Kenneth B ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hibernation; Myostatin; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

FOLLISTATIN; MYOSTATIN; SMAD PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; HIBERNATION; MALE; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SCIURIDAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; FOLLISTATIN; HIBERNATION; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSTATIN; PHOSPHORYLATION; SCIURIDAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMAD PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS; SPERMOPHILUS TRIDECEMLINEATUS;

EID: 79960680388     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.055764     Document Type: Article

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