Glomerular nonmuscle-type myosin heavy-chain isoform gene expression in glomerulosclerosis

Nephron

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 317-321

  Ebihara, Isao ^b   Kimura, Kenjiro ^b   Nakamura, Tsukasa ^b   Tomino, Yasuhiko ^b   Yazaki, Yoshio ^b   Nagai, Ryozo ^b   Koide, Hikaru ^a  

^a KOTO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Glomerulosclerosis; Mesangial cells; Nonmuscle type myosin heavy chain isoform

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; MESSENGER RNA; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; PUROMYCIN AMINONUCLEOSIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FOCAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GLOMERULUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MESANGIUM CELL; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0031833455     PISSN: 00282766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000045056     Document Type: Article

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