Stepwise participation of HGF/MET signaling in the development of migratory muscle precursors during vertebrate evolution.

Noritaka AdachiJuan Pascual-AnayaTamami HiraiShinnosuke HiguchiShunya KurodaShigeru Kuratani

Published in: Zoological letters (2018)

Our results indicate that the expressions and functions of both Hgf and Met genes do not represent shared features of vertebrate MMPs, suggesting a stepwise participation of HGF/MET signaling in MMP development during vertebrate evolution.

Keyphrases

tyrosine kinase
physical activity
skeletal muscle
genome wide
gene expression
bioinformatics analysis