Combinatorial control of smooth muscle-specific gene expression

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 737-747

  Kumar, Meena S ^b   Owens, Gary K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

CArG box; Differentiation; Serum response factor; Smooth muscle cells; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SERUM RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; SERUM RESPONSE ELEMENT; SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0038704997     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.0000065197.07635.BA     Document Type: Review

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