Vascular Smooth Muscle Contraction Evoked by Cell Volume Modulation: Role of the Cytoskeleton Network

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عنوان ژورنال: Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry

سال: 2008

ISSN: 1015-8987,1421-9778

DOI: 10.1159/000113744