Microsatellite mutation of type II transforming growth factor-β receptor is rare in atherosclerotic plaques

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 555-559

  Clark, Katherine J ^a   Cary, Nathaniel R ^b   Grace, Andrew A ^a   Metcalfe, James C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Microsatellite mutation; Receptors; Transforming growth factor ; Type II transforming growth factor

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; POLYADENYLIC ACID; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CELL CLONE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC CODE; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUTATION RATE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTENOSIS; SOMATIC MUTATION; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0035051529     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.21.4.555     Document Type: Article

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