Article
Space shuttle flight (STS-45) of L8 myoblast cells results in the isolation of a nonfusing cell line variant.
Journal of cellular biochemistry - 1 Aug 1994
Kulesh D A, Anderson L H, Wilson B, Otis E J, Elgin D M, Barker M J, Mehm W J, Kearney G P
Abstract excerpt
Myoblast cell cultures have been widely employed in conventional (1g) studies of biological processes because characteristics of intact muscle can be readily observed in these cultured cells. We decided to investigate the effects of spaceflight on muscle by utilizing a well characterized myoblast...
Topics
- Animals
- Automation
- Blood
- Cell Division
- Cell Fusion
- Cell Line
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic
- Culture Media
- Culture Techniques
- Genetic Variation
- Horses
- Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
- Muscles
- Space Flight
