title: Skeletal myogenesis in the mouse esophagus does not occur through transdifferentiation.
abstract: To determine the developmental history of murine esophageal skeletal muscle, smooth muscle cells were fate mapped by lineage-specific recombination and phenotypically marked by eGFP. Examination of embryonic and postnatal tissues revealed that esophageal skeletal muscle does not arise from transdifferentiation of committed smooth muscle cells.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rishniw
authors.forename: Hong-Bo
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Xin
authors.forename: Ke-Yu
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.forename: Michael I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Kotlikoff
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D019070:Cell Lineage; D004947:Esophagus / Q000166:cytology / Q000196:embryology* / Q000254:growth & development*; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins; D008164:Luminescent Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000166:cytology / Q000196:embryology* / Q000254:growth & development*
chemical_list: D008164:Luminescent Proteins; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins