Bouncing back from elastin deficiency

Circulation Research

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 439-440

  Ahmad, Pamela J ^a   Osborne, Lucy R ^a   Bendeck, Michelle P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; AORTA OCCLUSION; CELL PROLIFERATION; EDITORIAL; ELASTIC FIBER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC DISORDER; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CELL PROLIFERATION; ELASTIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE THERAPY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 34548356882     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.107.160358     Document Type: Editorial

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