Smooth muscle signalling pathways in health and disease

•  Introduction •  Mechanisms that regulate LC20 phosphorylation ‐  Regulation of myosin phosphatase ‐  CaMKII •  Mechanisms that regulate the access of myosin to actin ‐  Caldesmon ‐  bCaP function in regulation of PKC and ERK signalling •  Mechanisms that regulate cytoskeletal remodelling •  Conclusions

• Publication year

  2008

• Venue

  Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine

• Publication date

  2008-10-15

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2008.00552.xPMID 19120701PMCID 2692531
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