A role for Insulin-like growth factor 2 in specification of the fast skeletal muscle fibre

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Fibre type specification is a poorly understood process beginning in embryogenesis in which skeletal muscle myotubes switch myosin-type to establish fast, slow and mixed fibre muscle groups with distinct function. Growth factors are...

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Main Authors: Ting Tao, Merrick Deborah, Stadler Lukas, Smith Janet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-06-01
Series:BMC Developmental Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-213X/7/65