Mechanical alterations in smooth muscle from mice lacking desmin

Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 415-429

  Sjuve, R ^a   Arner, A ^a   Li, Z ^b   Mies, B ^c   Paulin, D ^b   Schmittner, M ^c   Small, J V ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c Institute of Molecular Biology Salzburg   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; DESMIN; MYOSIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; MUSCLE FORCE; NONHUMAN; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKINNED MUSCLE FIBER; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; STRESS; VAS DEFERENS;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CYTOSKELETON; DESMIN; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAINS; PORTAL VEIN; STRESS, MECHANICAL; URINARY BLADDER; VAS DEFERENS;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0031776417     PISSN: 01424319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005353805699     Document Type: Article

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