Deciphering actin cytoskeletal function in the contractile vascular smooth muscle cell

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 590, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 4145-4154

  Yamin, Rina ^a   Morgan, Kathleen G ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ISOPROTEIN; MYOSIN II;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; BLOOD VESSEL COMPLIANCE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL ADHESION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FLOW KINETICS; FOCAL ADHESION; HUMAN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ACTINS; ANIMALS; FOCAL ADHESIONS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; VASCULAR STIFFNESS; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 84865604742     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2012.232306     Document Type: Review

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