title: The origin of skeletal muscle stem cells in the embryo and the adult.
abstract: Skeletal muscle progenitors are specified during embryogenesis and in addition have recently been found to be generated from either mesenchymal or neural stem cells in the adult. We review recent progress in identifying the signals and transcription factors that control skeletal muscle formation during embryogenesis and in the adult.
authors.affiliation: Harvard Medical School, Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Phamacology, 240 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bailey
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Holowacz
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Lassar
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019521:Body Patterning; D002453:Cell Cycle; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002455:Cell Division; D002470:Cell Survival; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D008954:Models, Biological; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000196:embryology* / Q000254:growth & development*; D018006:Myogenic Regulatory Factors / Q000502:physiology; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000502:physiology*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D018006:Myogenic Regulatory Factors; D014157:Transcription Factors