Article
Muscular dysgenesis: a model system for studying skeletal muscle development.
FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology - 1 Jul 1990
Powell J A
Abstract excerpt
Muscular dysgenesis, caused by an autosomal recessive lethal mutation (mdg) in mice, is characterized by an absence of contraction of skeletal muscle. A historical review of the investigation of this disorder is presented. The early studies of the morphological and physiological aspects of the di...
Topics
- Aging
- Animals
- Disease Models, Animal
- Mice
- Mice, Mutant Strains
- Muscle Development
- Muscles
- Mutation
- Nervous System
- Neuromuscular Diseases
- Spinal Cord
