The role of integrin proteins in the formation of skeletal muscle has been hotly debated, as studies of whole animals and of cultured cells have yielded conflicting results. The controversy may now be resolved.
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Gullberg, D. The molecules that make muscle. Nature 424, 138–139 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/424138a
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