The role of Gla proteins in vascular calcification

Critical Reviews in Eukaryotic Gene Expression

Volumn 8, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 357-375

  Shanahan, Catherine M ^a   Proudfoot, Diane ^a   Farzaneh Far, Afshin ^a   Weissberg, Peter L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Bone Gla protein; Imaging; Intima; Matrix Gla protein; Media; Polymorphism; Vascular calcification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; HUMAN; INTIMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 0032471595     PISSN: 10454403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/CritRevEukarGeneExpr.v8.i3-4.60     Document Type: Article

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