Pathogenesis of achalasia: Lessons from mutant mice

Gastroenterology

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1086-1090

  Goyal, Raj K ^a   Chaudhury, Arun ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATAXIN 7; COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE XIX ALPHA 1; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; GUANYLYL CYCLASE 1B3; LSC PROTEIN; MURINE RETROVIRUS INTEGRATION SITE 1; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROFIBROMIN; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY PROTEIN 95; PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE CGMP DEPENDEND TYPE 1 PROTEIN; PROTEIN RET; RAS ASSOCIATION DOMAIN FAMILY PROTEIN 1A; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; SPROUTY 2 PROTEIN; SPROUTY PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MASH1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERY LATE ACTIVATION ANTIGEN 5; VITRONECTIN RECEPTOR; ARHGEF1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; ASCL1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; HISTONE LYSINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; ONCOPROTEIN; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR;

DISEASE MODEL; EDITORIAL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE CELL LESION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; ANIMAL; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; GENETICS; HUMAN; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER, LOWER; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; RHOA GTP-BINDING PROTEIN;

EID: 77957348325     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2010.08.013     Document Type: Editorial

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