Regulation of the versican gene : implications for vascular health and disease
Versican, a chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan, is one of the main components of the extracellular matrix and hence plays a central role in tissue morphogenesis and a number of pathologic processes. My main goal has been to investigate the mechanisms of versican gene regulation, focusing on the signal...
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University of British Columbia
2008
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/1707 |