Intermediate filaments in smooth muscle

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 294, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Tang, Dale D ^a  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

And desmin; Cytoskeleton; Force development; Vimentin

Indexed keywords

DESMIN; VIMENTIN;

CYTOSKELETON; HUMAN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MUSCLE FORCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 41949129935     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: 15221563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00154.2007     Document Type: Review

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