Arteriolar growth in the postnatal rat heart

Microvascular Research

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 183-186

  Heron, Marcia I ^a   Kuo, Ching ^b   Rakusan, Karel ^b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Arterialization; Development; Smooth muscle actin; Smooth muscle 1 smooth muscle 2 MHC

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIOLE; ARTERY MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; HEART DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032873165     PISSN: 00262862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mvre.1999.2170     Document Type: Article

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