Regulation of differentiation of vascular smooth muscle cells

Physiological Reviews

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 487-517

  Owens, Gary K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR; CALDESMON; CALPONIN; CONTRACTILE PROTEIN; INTEGRIN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; ION CHANNEL; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; SCLEROPROTEIN; TROPOMYOSIN; VINCULIN;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL INTERACTION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0029048550     PISSN: 00319333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physrev.1995.75.3.487     Document Type: Review

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