Over expression of Plk1 does not induce cell division in rat cardiac myocytes in vitro

BACKGROUND: Mammalian cardiac myocytes withdraw from the cell cycle during post-natal development, resulting in a non-proliferating, fully differentiated adult phenotype that is unable to repair damage to the myocardium, such as occurs following a myocardial infarction. We and others previously hav...

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Main Authors: Coxon, C, Bicknell, K, Moseley, F, Brooks, G
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2009