Expression of smooth muscle myosin heavy chain B in cardiac vessels of normotensive and hypertensive rats

Circulation Research

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 204-209

  Wetzel, Ulrike ^b   Lutsch, Gudrun ^b   Haase, Hannelore ^b   Ganten, Ursula ^b   Morano, Ingo ^a,b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac vessel; Hypertension; Hypertrophy; Myosin heavy chain; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; BLADDER MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART BLOOD VESSEL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0032572619     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.83.2.204     Document Type: Article

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