Involvement of small GTPases in the regulation of smooth muscle contraction

Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 449-456

  Pfitzer, Gabriele ^a   Arner, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ca2+ sensitivity; GTP binding proteins; Rho; Smooth muscle; Tyrosine phosphorylation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOXIN; BETA ESCIN; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; RHO FACTOR;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONFERENCE PAPER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION;

EID: 0032414966     PISSN: 00016772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-201X.1998.tb10698.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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