The role of the homeodomain transcription factor Pitx2 in regulating skeletal muscle precursor migration and higher order muscle assembly

Cells of the ventrolateral dermomyotome delaminate and migrate into the limb buds where they give rise to all muscles of the limbs. The migratory cells proliferate and form myoblasts, which withdraw from the cell cycle to become terminally differentiated myocytes. The regulatory mechanisms that cont...

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Main Author: Campbell, Adam L.
Other Authors: Kioussi, Chrissa
Language:en_US
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1957/30422