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Myofibrils put the squeeze on nuclei

During muscle development, nuclei travel from the center of the myofiber to the periphery, a process defective in certain diseases. A new study reveals that this movement is due to centripetal forces imposed on nuclei by the crosslinking and contraction of myofibrils.

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Published in:Nat Cell Biol
Main Authors: Rosen, Jonathan, Baylies, Mary
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5933531/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28960202
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncb3618
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