Molecular control of vascular smooth muscle cell differentiation

Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 623-635

  Owens, Gary K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Differentiation; Gene expression; Review; Smooth muscle cell; Transcriptional regulation; Vascular disease; Vasculogenesis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; LIPID; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; TELOKIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH; LIPID METABOLISM; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0032443086     PISSN: 00016772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-201X.1998.tb10706.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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