Epsilon-isoenzyme of protein kinase C induces a Ca(2+)-independent contraction in vascular smooth muscle.

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Published in Am J Physiol on August 01, 1996

Authors

A Horowitz1, O Clément-Chomienne, M P Walsh, K G Morgan

Author Affiliations

1: Program in Smooth Muscle Research, Charles A. Dana Research Institute, Harvard-Thorndike Laboratory, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

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