Posttranscriptional Regulation of Lung Elastin Production

American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-2

  Parks, William C ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTIN; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TROPOELASTIN;

BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; LUNG; LUNG DISEASE; METABOLISM; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

ELASTIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TROPOELASTIN;

EID: 0031181075     PISSN: 10441549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1165/ajrcmb.17.1.f135     Document Type: Review

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