Rat fibroblasts cultured from various organs exhibit differences in α- smooth muscle actin expression, cytoskeletal pattern, and adhesive structure organization

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 238, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 481-490

  Dugina, Vera ^a   Alexandrova, Antonina ^a   Chaponnier, Christine ^b   Vasiliev, Jury ^a   Gabbiani, Giulio ^b  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CYTOSKELETON; FIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE; WOUND CONTRACTION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0032004524     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/excr.1997.3868     Document Type: Article

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