Influence of elastin gene polymorphism on the elastin content of the aorta: A study in 2 strains of rat

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2308-2315

  Sauvage, Marie ^a   Osborne Pellegrin, Mary ^a   Flohic, Françoise Deslandes Le ^a   Jacob, Marie Paule ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Aorta; Elastin; Genetics; Rats

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA; CELL PROTEIN; COLLAGEN; ELASTIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; MALE; MARKER GENE; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RAT; RNA ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; THORACIC AORTA; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0032831801     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.19.10.2308     Document Type: Article

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