Vertebrate Myogenesis

Download or read book Vertebrate Myogenesis written by Beate Brand-Saberi and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2002-06-13 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The development of vertebrate muscle has long been a major area of research in developmental biology. During the last decade, novel technical approaches have allowed us to unravel to a large extent the mechanisms underlying muscle formation, and myogenesis has become one of the best-understood paradigms for cellular differentiation. This book concisely summarizes our current knowledge about muscle development in vertebrates, from the determination of muscle precursors to terminal differentiation. Each chapter has been written by an expert in the field, and particular emphasis has been placed on the different developmental and molecular pathways followed by the three types of vertebrate musculature - skeletal, heart and smooth muscle.