Airway smooth muscle contractile, regulatory and cytoskeletal protein expression in health and disease

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 415-424

  Stephens, Newman L ^a   Halayko, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Airway smooth muscle; Airway smooth muscle cell culture; Smooth muscle cell heterogeneity; Smooth muscle contractile protein phenotypes; smooth muscle cytoskeletal protein phenotypes; Smooth muscle regulatory protein phenotypes

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CALDESMON; CALPONIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; DESMIN; MYOSIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN KINASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TROPOMYOSIN; VIMENTIN;

BREATHING MUSCLE; BRONCHUS MUSCLE; CELL HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0031928103     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(98)00004-2     Document Type: Review

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