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Pax3 and Pax7 have distinct and overlapping functions in adult muscle progenitor cells.
The Journal of cell biology - 2 Jan 2006
Relaix Frédéric, Montarras Didier, Zaffran Stéphane, Gayraud-Morel Barbara, Rocancourt Didier, Tajbakhsh Shahragim, Mansouri Ahmed, Cumano Ana, Buckingham Margaret
Abstract excerpt
The growth and repair of skeletal muscle after birth depends on satellite cells that are characterized by the expression of Pax7. We show that Pax3, the paralogue of Pax7, is also present in both quiescent and activated satellite cells in many skeletal muscles. Dominant-negative forms of both Pax3 and -7 repress MyoD, but do not interfere with the expression of the other myogenic determination factor, Myf5,...
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