Adult Murine Skeletal Muscle Contains Cells That Can Differentiate into Beating Cardiomyocytes In Vitro

• Steve O Winitsky,

  Affiliation Molecular Physiology Section, Laboratory of Molecular Cardiology, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

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• Thiru V Gopal,

  Affiliation Molecular Physiology Section, Laboratory of Molecular Cardiology, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

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• Shahin Hassanzadeh,

  Affiliation Molecular Physiology Section, Laboratory of Molecular Cardiology, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

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• Hiroshi Takahashi,

  Affiliation Molecular Physiology Section, Laboratory of Molecular Cardiology, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

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• Divina Gryder,

  Affiliation Epilepsy Research Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

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• Michael A Rogawski,

  Affiliation Epilepsy Research Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

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• Kazuyo Takeda,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Cardiology, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

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• Zu X Yu,

  Affiliation Pathology Section, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

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• Yu H Xu,

  Affiliation Electron Microscopy Core Facility, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

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• Neal D Epstein

  *To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: Epsteinn@mail.nih.gov

  Affiliation Molecular Physiology Section, Laboratory of Molecular Cardiology, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

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