Oxytocin-stimulated responses in a pregnant human immortalized myometrial cell line

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 427-432

  Monga, Manju ^a   Ku, Chun Ying ^a   Dodge, Kimberly ^a   Sanborn, Barbara M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL;

ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MYOMETRIUM; OXYTOCIN RELEASE; PHOSPHOINOSITIDE METABOLISM; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

EID: 0029777476     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod55.2.427     Document Type: Article

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