Mechanical stretch-induced signal transduction in cultured mesangial cells

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 466, Issue , 2009, Pages 205-221

  Krepinsky, Joan ^a  

^a ST JOSEPH S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Actin cytoskeleton; ELISA; Erk; Extracellular matrix; Fibronectin; Immunofluorescence; Mechanical stress; Mesangial cell; Raf 1; RhoA

Indexed keywords

EID: 60349127073     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-352-3_15     Document Type: Article

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