Electron microscopic study of actin polymerization in airway smooth muscle

American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Volumn 286, Issue 6 30-6, 2004, Pages

  Herrera, Ana M ^a   Martinez, Eliana C ^a   Seow, Chun Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Actin cytoskeleton; Length adaptation; Morphometrics; Myosin filament; Oscillation

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; MYOSIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREATHING MUSCLE; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; DENSITY; DEPOLYMERIZATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; STIMULATION; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; SWINE; THIN FILAMENT;

ANIMALS; MICROFILAMENTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; POLYMERS; SWINE; TRACHEA;

EID: 2442671689     PISSN: 10400605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00298.2003     Document Type: Article

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