Impaired vascular contractility and blood pressure homeostasis in the smooth muscle α‐actin null mouse
Open Access
- 1 November 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in The FASEB Journal
- Vol. 14 (14) , 2213-2220
- https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.99-0927com
Abstract
The smooth muscle (SM) α-actin gene activated during the early stages of embryonic cardiovascular development is switched off in late stage heart tissue and replaced by cardiac and skeletal α-actins....Keywords
Funding Information
- National Institutes of Health
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