Myosin phosphorylation and the control of myometrial contraction/relaxation

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 3-14

  Word, R Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (MAGNESIUM); CALCIUM; CALDESMON; CALMODULIN; CALPONIN; CARBACHOL; CONTRACTILE PROTEIN; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; ENDOTHELIN 1; HISTAMINE; ISOPRENALINE; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; MYOSIN; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN KINASE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; OXYTOCIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PROTEIN KINASE (CALCIUM,CALMODULIN) II; PROTEIN KINASE C;

ACTIN MYOSIN INTERACTION; CALCIUM MOBILIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; STRESS; UTERUS CONTRACTION; UTERUS RELAXATION;

ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYOMETRIUM; MYOSINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PREGNANCY; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

EID: 0028944015     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-0005(95)80043-3     Document Type: Article

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