Expression of the smooth-muscle proteins α-smooth-muscle actin and calponin, and of the intermediate filament protein desmin are parameters of cardiomyocyte maturation in the prenatal rat heart

Anatomical Record

Volumn 249, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 495-505

  Ya, Jing ^a   Markman, Marry W M ^a   Wagenaar, Gerry T M ^a   Blommaart, Piet Jan B ^a   Moorman, Antoon F M ^a   Lamers, Wouter H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

smooth muscle action; Calponin; Desmin; Heart development

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; CALPONIN; DESMIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MUSCLE FIBRIL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SARCOMERE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CALMODULIN-BINDING PROTEINS; DESMIN; FEMALE; HEART; MALE; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MYOCARDIUM; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAINS; PREGNANCY; PULMONARY VEINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0030829846     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199712)249:4<495::AID-AR9>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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