Cardiac α-actin in smooth muscle cells: Detection in umbilical cord vessels and in atherosclerotic lesions

Basic Research in Cardiology

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 106-113

  Bea, Florian ^a   Bär, Harald ^a   Watson, Lisa ^a   Blessing, Erwin ^a   Kübler, Wolfgang ^a   Kreuzer, Jörg ^a   Jahn, Lothar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cardiac actin; Differentiation; Growth; Smooth muscle cells

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; BETA ACTIN; CYTOKERATIN; CYTOKERATIN 18; CYTOKERATIN 8; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MYOMETRIUM; NEWBORN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; UMBILICAL CORD;

ACTINS; AORTA; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MYOCARDIUM; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; UMBILICAL VEINS;

EID: 0342858945     PISSN: 03008428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003950050171     Document Type: Article

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