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Regulation of smooth muscle specific gene expression by PKG and mechanisms regulating PKG expression in smooth muscle cells

✍ Scribed by Thomas M Lincoln; Hassan Sellak; ChungSik Choi; Natasha Browner; Xing Wu Nupur Dey

Publisher: BioMed Central
Year: 2005
Tongue: English
Weight: 188 KB
Volume: 5
Category: Article
ISSN: 1471-2210
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2210-5-s1-s14

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