Phenotype-dependent expression of α-smooth muscle actin in visceral smooth muscle cells

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 247, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 279-292

  Saga, Hiroshi ^a   Kimura, Kazuhiro ^a   Hayashi, Ken'Ichiro ^a   Gotow, Takahiro ^a   Uchiyama, Yasuo ^a   Momiyama, Takuya ^a   Tadokoro, Satoko ^a   Kawashima, Nozomu ^a   Jimbou, Akie ^a   Sobue, Kenji ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Negative element; Phenotypic modulation; Smooth muscle cell; Transcription; smooth muscle actin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; CIS ACTING ELEMENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; INTESTINE MUSCLE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VISCERA;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0033602029     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/excr.1998.4339     Document Type: Article

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