A Novel Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2 Mutant Mouse, nBmp2NLS^tm, Displays Impaired Intracellular Ca²⁺ Handling in Skeletal Muscle

Table 1

Body weight, age, and muscle force characteristics.

	Control (𝑛=7)	nBmp2NLS^tm (𝑛=7)
Age (weeks)	50.9±0.4	43.9±7.5
Body weight (g)	36.9±1.1	35.3±2.4
GPS muscle weight (mg)	160.9±9.6	171.7±4.3
Peak tetanic tension (g)	498±30	567±18
Peak tetanic tension; (g/mg muscle)	3.09±0.05	3.31±0.08^∗
Peak twitch tension (g)	192.6±9.7	220.6±5.1^∗
Peak twitch tension; (g/mg muscle)	1.20±0.03	1.29±0.04

Data are presented as means ± SEM. Where indicated, ∗indicates 𝑃<0.05 compared to control values.