Smooth muscle cell-specific transcription is regulated by nuclear localization of the myocardin-related transcription factors

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 292, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Hinson, Jeremiah S ^a   Medlin, Matthew D ^a   Lockman, Kashelle ^a   Taylor, Joan M ^a   Mack, Christopher P ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton; Differentiation; RhoA; Serum response factor

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; GENE PRODUCT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GROWTH FACTOR; MYOCARDIN RELATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MYOCARDIN RELATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR A; MYOCARDIN RELATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR B; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR; SPHINGOSINE 1 PHOSPHATE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; ISOPTERA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; UPREGULATION;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLS, CULTURED; LYSOPHOSPHOLIPIDS; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MUTATION; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RATS; RHOA GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; RNA, MESSENGER; SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR; SPHINGOSINE; TIME FACTORS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 33846991973     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00864.2006     Document Type: Article

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