Protein kinase C and mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase are expressed in all smooth muscle cells and believed to be important in several physiologically relevant properties of this muscle. Our goal was to determine if protein kinase C and MAP kinase are activated by a simple increase in cellular
Modulation of Ca2+release through ryanodine receptors in vascular smooth muscle by protein kinase Cα
✍ Scribed by HongLi Peng; Gordon C. Yaney; Michael T. Kirber
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 838 KB
- Volume
- 460
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0031-6768
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