Factors inducing codistribution of marginal actin fibers and fibronectin in rat aortic endothelial cells

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 5 41-5, 1997, Pages

  Sugimoto, Keiji ^a   Fujii, Sachiko ^a   Takemasa, Tohru ^a   Yamashita, Kazuo ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

hemodynamics; mechanical stress; stress fibers; vascular system

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; FIBRONECTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; AORTA; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DEVELOPMENT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FETUS; FLUORESCENCE HISTOCHEMISTRY; HEMODYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SHEAR STRESS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 0030911713     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1997.272.5.h2188     Document Type: Article

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