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Using Transgenic Zebrafish to Study Muscle Stem/Progenitor Cells

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Muscle Stem Cells

Part of the book series: Methods in Molecular Biology ((MIMB,volume 1556))

Abstract

Understanding muscle stem cell behaviors can potentially provide insights into how these cells act and respond during normal growth and diseased contexts. The zebrafish is an ideal model organism to examine these behaviors in vivo where it would normally be technically challenging in other mammalian models. This chapter will describe the procedures required to successfully conduct live imaging of zebrafish transgenics that has specifically been adapted for skeletal muscle.

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  1. Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute, Monash University, 15 Innovation Walk, Clayton, VIC, 3800, Australia

    Phong D. Nguyen & Peter D. Currie

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Correspondence to Peter D. Currie .

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  1. Cell Biology Group, Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, University Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain

    Eusebio Perdiguero

  2. Division of Biological Sciences and Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA

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Nguyen, P.D., Currie, P.D. (2017). Using Transgenic Zebrafish to Study Muscle Stem/Progenitor Cells. In: Perdiguero, E., Cornelison, D. (eds) Muscle Stem Cells. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1556. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-6771-1_6

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