Developmental myosins: Expression patterns and functional significance

Skeletal Muscle

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Schiaffino, Stefano ^a   Rossi, Alberto C ^b   Smerdu, Vika ^c   Leinwand, Leslie A ^b   Reggiani, Carlo ^d,e  

^a VENETIAN INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^e CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Distal arthrogryposis; Embryonic myosin; Muscle development; Muscle regeneration; Myosin heavy chain; Neonatal myosin

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027935059     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20445040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13395-015-0046-6     Document Type: Review

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