siRNA-mediated knockdown of h-caldesmon in vascular smooth muscle

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 297, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Smolock, Elaine M ^a   Trappanese, Danielle M ^a   Chang, Shaohua ^b   Wang, Tanchun ^a   Titchenell, Paul ^a   Moreland, Robert S ^a,b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid artery; Cooperativity; Cross bridge cycling; Myosin light chain; Shortening velocity

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALDESMON; H CALDESMON; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MUSCLE ISOTONIC CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SWINE; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALMODULIN-BINDING PROTEINS; CAROTID ARTERIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; HISTAMINE; ISOTONIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAINS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PHOSPHORYLATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SWINE; TIME FACTORS; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 70350443006     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00129.2009     Document Type: Article

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