Tropomyosin 4 expression is enhanced in dedifferentiating smooth muscle cells in vitro and during atherogenesis

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 473-482

  Abouhamed, Marouan ^a   Reichenberg, Stefan ^a   Robenek, Horst ^a   Plenz, Gabriele ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Differential display; Differentiation; Smooth muscle cells; Tropomyosis 4

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ISOPROTEIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; RNA; TROPOMYOSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOAM CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INTIMA; MUSCLE FIBER CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SWINE; TUNICA MEDIA;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0142060265     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0171-9335-00333     Document Type: Article

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