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Hypermuscular mice with mutation in the myostatin gene display altered calcium signalling.
The Journal of physiology - 15 Mar 2014
Bodnár Dóra, Geyer Nikolett, Ruzsnavszky Olga, Oláh Tamás, Hegyi Bence, Sztretye Mónika, Fodor János, Dienes Beatrix, Balogh Ágnes, Papp Zoltán, Szabó László, Müller Géza, Csernoch László, Szentesi Péter
Abstract excerpt
Myostatin, a member of the transforming growth factor β family, is a potent negative regulator of skeletal muscle growth, as myostatin-deficient mice show a great increase in muscle mass. Yet the physical performance of these animals is reduced. As an explanation for this, alterations in the steps in excitation-contraction coupling were hypothesized and tested for in mice with the 12 bp deletion in the propeptide...
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