Canine mesenteric artery and vein convey no difference in the content ofmajor contractile proteins

BMC Physiology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages 1-10

  Yamboliev, Ilia A ^a   Ward, Sean M ^a   Mutafova Yambolieva, Violeta N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Caldesmon; Mesenteric artery and vein; Myosin; Tropomyosin

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; CALDESMON; CALPONIN; CONTRACTILE PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; TROPOMYOSIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; BRIGHT FIELD MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MESENTERIC ARTERY; MESENTERIC VEIN; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TISSUE LEVEL;

EID: 34248376517     PISSN: 14726793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6793-2-1     Document Type: Article

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