Neuronal Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein (N-WASP) is critical for formation of α-smooth muscle actin filaments during myofibroblast differentiation.

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Published in Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol on August 10, 2012

Authors

Guo-Qiang Cai1, Chu-Fang Chou, Meng Hu, Anni Zheng, Louis F Reichardt, Jun-Lin Guan, Haotian Fang, Tracy R Luckhardt, Yong Zhou, Victor J Thannickal, Qiang Ding

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.

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