Signal transduction through the RhoA/Rho-kinase pathway in smooth muscle

Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 613-615

  Somlyo, Andrew P ^a   Somlyo, Avril V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RHO KINASE; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYOSIN-LIGHT-CHAIN KINASE; MYOSIN-LIGHT-CHAIN PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RHOA GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 17644378712     PISSN: 01424319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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