Interplay of Nkx3.2, Sox9 and Pax3 Regulates Chondrogenic Differentiation of Muscle Progenitor Cells

Dana M. Cairns; Renjing Liu; Manpreet Sen; James P. Canner; Aaron Schindeler; David G. Little; Li Zeng

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0039642

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Interplay of Nkx3.2, Sox9 and Pax3 Regulates Chondrogenic Differentiation of Muscle Progenitor Cells

Dana M. Cairns,

Affiliation Program in Cellular, Molecular and Developmental Biology, Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Renjing Liu,

Affiliations Orthopaedic Research & Biotechnology Unit, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, Australia, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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Manpreet Sen,

Affiliations Building Diversity in Biomedical Research Program (BDBS), Tufts University School of Medicine, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Anatomy and Cellular Biology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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James P. Canner,

Affiliation Program in Cellular, Molecular and Developmental Biology, Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Aaron Schindeler,

Affiliations Orthopaedic Research & Biotechnology Unit, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, Australia, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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David G. Little,

Affiliations Orthopaedic Research & Biotechnology Unit, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, Australia, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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Li Zeng

* E-mail: li.zeng@tufts.edu

Affiliations Program in Cellular, Molecular and Developmental Biology, Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Building Diversity in Biomedical Research Program (BDBS), Tufts University School of Medicine, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Anatomy and Cellular Biology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Interplay of Nkx3.2, Sox9 and Pax3 Regulates Chondrogenic Differentiation of Muscle Progenitor Cells

Dana M. Cairns,
Renjing Liu,
Manpreet Sen,
James P. Canner,
Aaron Schindeler,
David G. Little,
Li Zeng

Published: July 2, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0039642

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