Impaired vascular contractility and blood pressure homeostasis in the smooth muscle α-actin null mouse

FASEB Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 2213-2220

  Schildmeyer, Lisa A ^a   Braun, Renee ^a   Taffet, George ^a   Debiasi, Mariella ^a   Burns, Alan E ^a   Bradley, Allan ^a   Schwartz, Robert J ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Homologous recombination; SM actin gene; Vascular tone

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033746762     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.99-0927com     Document Type: Article

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