RhoA-dependent vascular smooth muscle cell-specific transcription: Adding diaphanous formins to the puzzle

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 448-449

  Larsson, Erik ^b   Zhou, Xianghua ^b   Akyürek, Levent M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CALDESMON; CALPONIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; PROFILIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN FORMIN; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR; TROPOMYOSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CYTOSKELETON; EDITORIAL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELLS, CULTURED; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; RATS; RHOA GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 33847065074     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.0000257573.32695.e1     Document Type: Editorial

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