A novel peptide vasoconstrictor, endothelin, is produced by vascular endothelium and modulates smooth muscle ca2+channels

Journal of Hypertension, Supplement

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1988, Pages s188-s191

  Yanagisawa, Masashi ^a   Kurihara, Hiroki ^a   Kimura, Sadao ^a   Goto, Katsutoshi ^a   Masaki, Tomoh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Complementary DNA cloning; Endothelial cells; Endothelin; Peptide; Vascular endothelium

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN;

ANIMAL CELL; CELL CULTURE; ENDOTHELIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; SWINE;

ANIMAL; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CELLS, CULTURED; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENDOTHELINS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IN VITRO; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PEPTIDES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SWINE; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 0024243288     PISSN: 09521178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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