Distribution of α-vascular smooth muscle actin in the smooth muscle cells of the gastrointestinal tract of the chicken

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 189, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 623-630

  Yamamoto, Y ^a   Kubota, T ^a   Atoji, Y ^a   Suzuki, Y ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Enteric smooth muscle cells; Gut contractility

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; DESMIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVIAN STOMACH; CHICKEN; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; INTESTINE CONTRACTION; LARGE INTESTINE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYLORUS; SMALL INTESTINE; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DESMIN; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOMERISM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR;

EID: 0030480165     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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