Contractile and cytoskeletal proteins in urinary bladder smooth muscle from rats treated with epidermal growth factor

Urological Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 229-234

  Vinter Jensen, L ^a,b,c   Uvelius, B ^d   Nexo E ^a   Arner, A ^e  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Actin; Desmin; Growth factors; Myosin; Urinary bladder

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; DESMIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; MYOSIN; PLACEBO;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0029812396     PISSN: 03005623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00295897     Document Type: Article

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