α-Skeletal actin is associated with increased contractility in the mouse heart

Circulation Research

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 740-746

  Hewett, Timothy E ^a   Grupp, Ingrid L ^a   Grupp, Gunter ^a   Robbins, Jeffrey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

mouse hearts; myocardial function; actin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; MESSENGER RNA; MYOSIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; FEMALE; GENE; HEART; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART RATE; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0028178197     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.74.4.740     Document Type: Article

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