The Committed Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell: A Question of "Timing" or "Response to Pressure" or Both

American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 364-365

  Rabinovitch, Marlene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; ELASTIN;

ANIMAL; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINEAGE; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINEAGE; COLLAGEN; ELASTIN; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR;

EID: 0031110884     PISSN: 10441549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1165/ajrcmb.16.4.9115745     Document Type: Review

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