Oscillation in muscle tissue

(Max Delbr ü ck Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association) When a muscle grows or a muscle injury heals, some of the stem cells develop into new muscle cells. A research team at the MDC led by Carmen Birchmeier has now described in the journal Genes& Development how this process is regulated by two proteins produced in an oscillatory manner.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news