The regulation and function of the striated muscle activator of rho signaling (STARS) protein

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 3 DEC, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Wallace, Marita A ^a   Lamon, Séverine ^a   Russell, Aaron P ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

ABRA; Cardiac muscle; Disuse; Exercise; MS 1; Sarcomere; Skeletal muscle; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

ACTIN BINDING RHO ACTIVATING PROTEIN; MYOCYTE STRESS 1 PROTEIN; RHO FACTOR; SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR; STRIATED MUSCLE ACTIVATOR RHO SIGNALING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGING; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOSKELETON; EXERCISE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MOLECULAR STABILITY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SARCOMERE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE; STARS GENE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84884150044     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2012.00469     Document Type: Article

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