Regulation of cytosolic calcium levels in vascular smooth muscle

Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 153-171

  Orallo, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ca2+ transport into the nucleus; mitochondrial uniporter; Na+ Ca2+ exchanger; plasmalemmal and SR Ca2+ ATPases; sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium channels (IP3 ryanodine receptors); voltage dependent voltage independent transmembrane calcium channels

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (CALCIUM); CALCIUM CHANNEL; INOSITOL TRISPHOSPHATE;

BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; HUMAN; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASOSPASM;

EID: 0029889852     PISSN: 01637258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0163-7258(95)02042-X     Document Type: Review

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