Myogenesis and muscle regeneration

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 187-199

  Yusuf, Faisal ^a   Brand Saberi, Beate ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

miRNA; MRFs; Muscle dystrophy; Myogenesis; Pax genes; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA;

CELL MOTILITY; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; HUMAN; MESODERM; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE REGENERATION; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SATELLITE CELL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REGENERATION; SATELLITE CELLS, SKELETAL MUSCLE;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84867402533     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: 1432119X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00418-012-0972-x     Document Type: Review

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