Myosin mediates contractile force generation by hepatic stellate cells in response to endothelin-1

Journal of biomedical science

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 607-612

  Saab, Sammy ^a   Tam, Steven P ^a   Tran, Binh N ^a   Melton, Andrew C ^a   Tangkijvanich, Pisit ^a   Wong, Helen ^a,b   Yee, Hal F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 (1 AMINOETHYL) N (4 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; ACTIN; AMIDE; CONTRACTILE PROTEIN; ENDOTHELIN 1; ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR; MYOSIN; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; LIVER; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; STRESS FIBER;

ACTINS; AMIDES; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CONTRACTILE PROTEINS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOTHELIN-1; LIVER; MYOSINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PYRIDINES; RATS; RECEPTORS, ENDOTHELIN; STRESS FIBERS;

EID: 1842836633     PISSN: 10217770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02254988     Document Type: Article

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