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Yan-Ping Dai

Shaner Bongalon

Violeta N. Mutafova-Yambolieva

Ilia A. Yamboliev

Distinct Effects of Contraction Agonists on the Phosphorylation State of Cofilin in Pulmonary Artery Smooth Muscle

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Distinct Effects of Contraction Agonists on the Phosphorylation State of Cofilin in Pulmonary Artery Smooth Muscle