Telokin expression is mediated by a smooth muscle cell-specific promoter

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 270, Issue 6 39-6, 1996, Pages

  Herring, B Paul ^a   Smith, Aiping F ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

gene regulation; myosin light chain kinase

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; MESSENGER RNA; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN KINASE; TELOKIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS LARGE T ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL SPECIFICITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0029746677     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1996.270.6.c1656     Document Type: Article

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