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GCN2 deficiency protects mice from denervation-induced skeletal muscle atrophy via inhibiting FoxO3a nuclear translocation

  • Yuting Guo 1,2 ,
  • Huiwen Wang 2 ,
  • Yinglong Tang 2 ,
  • Yue Wang 1 ,
  • Mengqi Zhang 2 ,
  • Zhiguang Yang 2 ,
  • Eric Nyirimigabo 2 ,
  • Bin Wei 2 ,
  • Zhongbing Lu , 1 ,
  • Guangju Ji , 2
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  • 1. College of Life Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 2. National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China

Published date: 29 Nov 2018

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Yuting Guo , Huiwen Wang , Yinglong Tang , Yue Wang , Mengqi Zhang , Zhiguang Yang , Eric Nyirimigabo , Bin Wei , Zhongbing Lu , Guangju Ji . GCN2 deficiency protects mice from denervation-induced skeletal muscle atrophy via inhibiting FoxO3a nuclear translocation[J]. Protein & Cell, 2018 , 9(11) : 966 -970 . DOI: 10.1007/s13238-018-0504-0

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