GROWTH-CONTROL - ACTION MOUSE

Authors
SLACK JMW
Citation
Jmw. Slack, GROWTH-CONTROL - ACTION MOUSE, Current biology, 7(8), 1997, pp. 467-469
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Biology,Biology
Journal title
Current biology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09609822
Volume
7
Issue
8
Year of publication
1997
Pages
467 - 469
Database
ISI
SICI code
0960-9822(1997)7:8<467:G-AM>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
A recently described knockout mouse has abnormally large muscles. The phenotype suggests that the ablated product, growth differentiation fa ctor 8 or 'myostatin', may be one of the long sought inhibitors that c ontrol the growth of individual tissues and organs.