Regional variation in myosin isoforms and phosphorylation at the resting tone in urinary bladder smooth muscle

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 280, Issue 2 49-2, 2001, Pages

  Hypolite, Joseph A ^a   Disanto, Michael E ^a   Zheng, Yongmu ^a   Chang, Shaohua ^a   Wein, Alan J ^a   Chacko, Samuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Myosin isoform; Urethra; Urinary continence

Indexed keywords

ISOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MYOSIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; RNA;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER FUNCTION; BLADDER MUSCLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTINENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RABBIT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; SMOOTH MUSCLE TONE; URETHRA;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0035024572     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.2001.280.2.c254     Document Type: Article

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