Regional differentiation of desmin, connexin43, and connexin45 expression patterns in rat aortic smooth muscle

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 355-364

  Ko, Yu Shien ^a,b   Coppen, Steven R ^a   Dupont, Emmanuel ^a   Rothery, Stephen ^a   Severs, Nicholas J ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aorta; Connexin43; Connexin45; Desmin; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXIN 45; DESMIN; ISOPROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA ARCH; AORTA MEDIA; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ILIAC ARTERY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; THORACIC AORTA;

EID: 0035090296     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.21.3.355     Document Type: Article

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