Molecular mechanism of phenotypic modulation of smooth muscle cells

Hormone Research

Volumn 50, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1998, Pages 15-24

  Sobue, Kenji ^a   Hayashi, Ken'ichiro ^a   Nishida, Wataru ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Caldesmon; Contractile protein; Gene expression; Myosin heavy chain; Phenotypic modulation; SM22; Smooth muscle; Splicing; smooth muscle actin; 1 integrin

Indexed keywords

CALDESMON; CALPONIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CYTOKINE; GROWTH FACTOR; INTEGRIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; RNA; TROPOMYOSIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANGIOGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEIOMYOMA; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

EID: 0031814463     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000053119     Document Type: Conference Paper

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