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Characterization Of Myod And Myf5 Double-Knockout Muscle Stem Cells During Muscle Development, Andreea Dinicu
Characterization Of Myod And Myf5 Double-Knockout Muscle Stem Cells During Muscle Development, Andreea Dinicu
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MyoD and Myf5 are transcription factors that regulate myogenesis by promoting satellite cell transcription. The two genes are known to display functional redundancy. Both genes are considered myogenic determination genes and are expressed in satellite cells. The fate of myogenic precursors in the absence of both MyoD and Myf5 remains largely unknown. We aimed to begin attaining this knowledge as part of this project. We utilized a CreLoxP system to control the expression of MyoD in mice lacking Myf5. MyoD was knocked out at embryonic day (E) 11.5 during myogenesis. Limbs were collected from experimental mice following tamoxifen injection. …