Sex-dependent differences in growth and morphology of cultured vascular smooth muscle cells from newborn rats

Physiological Research

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 403-406

  Bacakova L ^a   Mares V ^a   Lisa V ^a   Kocourek, F ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cell adhesion; Cell culture; Cell proliferation; DNA synthesis; Rat aorta; Sex related differences; Vascular smooth muscle cells

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; DNA SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; MALE; MUSCLE CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AORTA, THORACIC; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; MALE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0030832966     PISSN: 08628408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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