Small heat shock proteins and vasospasm in human umbilical artery smooth muscle

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1354-1359

  Brophy, Colleen M ^a,b   Beall, Arthur ^a,b   Lamb, Shannon ^a,b   Dickinson, Mary ^a,b   Ware, Debra J ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN;

ARTERY MUSCLE; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW; VASOSPASM;

BOVINAE;

EID: 0030712228     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod57.6.1354     Document Type: Article

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