Myosin gene expression and cell phenotypes in vascular smooth muscle during development, in experimental models, and in vascular disease

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1210-1215

  Sartore, Saverio ^a,b   Chiavegato, Angela ^a   Franch, Rafaella ^a   Faggin, Elisabetta ^a   Pauletto, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Differentiation; Myosin isoforms; Smooth muscle cells

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

AORTA WALL; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0030857173     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.17.7.1210     Document Type: Review

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