Expression of a nonmuscle myosin heavy chain in glomerular cells differentiates various types of glomerular disease in rats

Kidney International

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1231-1241

  Hiroi, Junko ^c   Kimura, Kenjiro ^b   Aikawa, Masanori ^c   Tojo, Akihiro ^c   Suzuki, Yoshio ^c   Nagamatsu, Tadashi ^c   Omata, Masao ^c   Yazaki, Yoshio ^c   Nagai, Ryozo ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLOMERULOPATHY; MALE; MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; NEPHRITIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0029902598     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.1996.177     Document Type: Article

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