Myosin regulatory light chain as a critical substrate of cell death: A hypothesis

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 850-852

  Gerashchenko, B I ^a   Murata Hori, M ^a   Hosoya, H ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; PROTEIN KINASE;

CELL DEATH; CYTOSKELETON; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; HELA CELL; MICROFILAMENT; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0034030169     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/mehy.1999.0967     Document Type: Article

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