Regulation of smooth muscle differentiation by the myocardin family of serum response factor co-factors

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1976-1984

  Mack, Christopher ^a,b   Hinson, J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MYOCARDIN; SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 23844471977     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2005.01316.x     Document Type: Review

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