| Literature DB >> 8351198 |
I Dubus1, L Rappaport, A Barrieux, A M Lompré, K Schwartz, J L Samuel.
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The effects of two adhesion substrates (serum and laminin) and time in culture on the expression of genes encoding myosin heavy chain (MHC) isoforms and alpha-skeletal actin were analysed in myocytes isolated from adult rat heart and maintained in serum-free culture. Relative messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) abundances were quantitated by dot-blot analysis. Gene expression was not influenced by the substrate used. Time in culture induced a decrease in total mRNA abundance and an up-regulation of beta-MHC and alpha-skeletal actin genes. It is proposed that atrophy of adult myocytes is associated with a pattern of gene expression similar to the fetal program.Entities:
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Year: 1993 PMID: 8351198 DOI: 10.1007/bf00374941
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Pflugers Arch ISSN: 0031-6768 Impact factor: 3.657