Differences in contractile protein content and isoforms in phasic and tonic smooth muscles

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 275, Issue 3 44-3, 1998, Pages

  Szymanski, Pawel T ^a   Chacko, Thomas K ^a   Rovner, Arthur S ^b   Goyal, Raj K ^a,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c Research and Development (151)   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Caldesmon; Calponin; Esophageal smooth muscle; Lower esophageal sphincter; Myosin; Opossum; Tropomyosin; Visceral smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTILE PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CROSS LINKING; DENSITOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS MUSCLE; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; SMOOTH MUSCLE TONE; THIN FILAMENT;

EID: 0031668167     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1998.275.3.c684     Document Type: Article

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