Myofibril-Inducing RNA (MIR) is essential for tropomyosin expression and myofibrillogenesis in axolotl hearts
<p>Abstract</p> <p>The Mexican axolotl, <it>Ambystoma mexicanum</it>, carries the naturally-occurring recessive mutant gene 'c' that results in a failure of homozygous (c/c) embryos to form hearts that beat because of an absence of organized myofibrils. Our pr...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2009-09-01
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Series: | Journal of Biomedical Science |
Online Access: | http://www.jbiomedsci.com/content/16/1/81 |