Expression of four myosin heavy chain genes in developing blood vessels and other smooth muscle organs in rabbits

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 166-172

  Sakurai, Hisanao ^a   Matsuoka, Rumiko ^a   Furutani, Yoshiyuki ^a   Imamura, Shin Ichiro ^a   Takao, Atsuyoshi ^a   Momma, Kazuo ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood vessel; Gene expression; Myosin; Non muscle; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; NUCLEASE S1;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTICLE; BLADDER; DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; INTESTINE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN DISTRIBUTION; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; RABBIT; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STOMACH;

EID: 0030068555     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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