Determinants of the contractile properties in the embryonic chicken gizzard and aorta

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 279, Issue 6 48-6, 2000, Pages

  Ogut, Ozgur ^a   Brozovich, Frank V ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

17 kilodalton myosin light chain; Development; Force; Phasic contractile properties; Tonic smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

HOLOENZYME; ISOPROTEIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTICLE; AVIAN STOMACH; CHICKEN; EMBRYO; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHORYLATION; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0033635907     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.2000.279.6.c1722     Document Type: Article

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