A Method for Measuring Rho Kinase Activity in Tissues and Cells

Methods in Enzymology

Volumn 439, Issue , 2008, Pages 181-189

  Liu, Ping Yen ^a   Liao, James K ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RHO KINASE; ROCK1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; ROCK2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANGIOGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CELL CULTURE; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; INTIMA; LEUKOCYTE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; METABOLISM; MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MICE; RHO-ASSOCIATED KINASES;

EID: 45549095808     PISSN: 00766879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0076-6879(07)00414-4     Document Type: Review

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