A myosin phosphatase targeting subunit isoform transition defines a smooth muscle developmental phenotypic switch

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 278, Issue 3 47-3, 2000, Pages

  Dirksen, Wessel P ^a   Vladic, Franjo ^a   Fisher, Steven A ^a,b  

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

^b 422 BRB ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Myosin heavy chain; Myosin light chain; Smooth muscle phenotype

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXON; GENE TARGETING; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STOICHIOMETRY; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0034111688     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.2000.278.3.c589     Document Type: Article

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