Signaling mechanisms underlying the vascular myogenic response

Physiological Reviews

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 387-423

  Davis, Michael J ^a   Hill, Michael A ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; CALCIUM; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; INTEGRIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITIDE;

ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CYTOSKELETON; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GREAT BLOOD VESSEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SECOND MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0032899216     PISSN: 00319333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physrev.1999.79.2.387     Document Type: Article

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