Development and Growth of the Avian Pectoralis Major (Breast) Muscle: Function of Syndecan-4 and Glypican-1 in Adult Myoblast Proliferation and Differentiation

Muscle fiber number is determined around the time hatch with continued posthatch muscle growth being mediated by the adult myoblast, satellite cell, population of cells. Satellite cells are dynamic in their expression of proteins including the cell membrane associated proteoglycans, syndecan-4 and g...

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Main Authors: Sandra G. Velleman, Yan Song
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphys.2017.00577/full