... basis of skeletal muscle diseases, but also provide a roadmap for recapitulating skeletal myogenesis in vitro from pluripotent stem cells (PSCs). PSCs have become an important tool for probing developmental questions, while differentiated cell types allow the development of novel therapeutic strategies...

... 6DE, UK Competing interests statement The authors declare no competing financial interests. 14 1 2013 © 2013. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd 2013 Nfix Skeletal myogenesis Zebrafish Slow muscle fibers Sarcoplasmic reticulum Muscles...

... that together shape the cranial musculoskeletal architecture in vertebrate embryos. Skeletal myogenesis Cranial neural crest Cranial paraxial mesoderm Mouse Chick Craniofacial development requires orchestrated communication between multiple specialized cell types. The `lead actors...

... 1994 by Company of Biologists 1994 MyoD expression skeletal myogenesis Myf-5 mouse The development of skeletal muscle during embryogenesis is a multistep process, which involves commitment of mesoder-mal progenitor cells to the myogenic lineage, enlargement of this cell compartment...