Evidence for the presence of smooth muscle α-actin within pericytes of the renal medulla

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 273, Issue 5 42-5, 1997, Pages

  Park, Frank ^a   Mattson, David L ^a   Roberts, Lou A ^b   Cowley Jr , Allen W ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Descending vasa recta; Immunohistochemistry; Microdissection; Renal medullary blood flow; Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; Western blot analysis

Indexed keywords

ACTIN ANTIBODY; ALPHA ACTIN; MESSENGER RNA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; VASOPRESSIN V2 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; KIDNEY MEDULLA; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERICYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY;

EID: 0030723250     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1997.273.5.r1742     Document Type: Article

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