Cardiac isoform of α-2 macroglobin, a novel serum protein, may induce cardiac hypertrophy in rats

Basic Research in Cardiology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 23-33

  Rajamanickam, C ^a   Sakthivel, S ^a   Jegadeesh Babu, G ^a   Lottspeich, F ^a   Kadenbach, B ^a  

^a MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

2 macroglobulin; Cardiac hypertrophy; Serum protein

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN; PLASMA PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVATION; HEART HYPERTROPHY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LIVER CELL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE MAPPING; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT;

ALPHA-MACROGLOBULINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CARDIAC MYOSINS; CARDIOMEGALY; CROSS REACTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYOCARDIUM; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAINS; PEPTIDE MAPPING; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTO-ONCOGENES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0035147301     PISSN: 03008428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003950170074     Document Type: Article

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