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Phenotype-dependent expression of alpha-smooth muscle actin in visceral smooth muscle cells.
Experimental cell research - 25 Feb 1999
Saga H, Kimura K, Hayashi K, Gotow T, Uchiyama Y, Momiyama T, Tadokoro S, Kawashima N, Jimbou A, Sobue K
Abstract excerpt
Alpha-Smooth muscle actin is one of the molecular markers for a phenotype of vascular smooth muscle cells, because the actin is a major isoform expressed in vascular smooth muscle cells and its expression is upregulated during differentiation. Here, we first demonstrate that the phenotype-dependent expression of this actin in visceral smooth muscles is quite opposite to that in vascular smooth muscles. This actin...
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