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Protein Kinase C and Contraction of Vascular Smooth Muscle

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The Resistance Arteries

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Abstract

Protein Kinase C (PKC) is a Ca++ and phosphatidylserine (PS) dependent serine/threonine kinase that functions as a ubiquitous cellular mediator of signal transduction initiated by a variety of agonists (1).

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  1. Dept of Medicine, University Hospital of South Manchester, Nell Lane, West Didsbury, Manchester, M20 8LR, UK

    J. Ohanian, F. Statham, L. Shaw, S. White, A. M. Heagerty & V. Ohanian

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Ohanian, J., Statham, F., Shaw, L., White, S., Heagerty, A.M., Ohanian, V. (1994). Protein Kinase C and Contraction of Vascular Smooth Muscle. In: Halpern, W., Bevan, J., Brayden, J., Dustan, H., Nelson, M., Osol, G. (eds) The Resistance Arteries. Experimental Biology and Medicine, vol 26. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2296-3_6

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