Expression of non-muscle myosin isoforms in rabbit myometrium is estrogen-dependent

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 283, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 7-18

  Chiavegato, Angela ^a   Capriani, Alessandra ^a   Azzarello, Giuseppe ^c   Vinante, Orazio ^c   Pauletto, Paolo ^a   Sartore, Saverio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Natl Res Cncl U Muscle Biol P ^*  (Italy)

^c ULSS 13   (Italy)

Author keywords

Estrogens; Myometrium; Myosin; Myosin isoforms; Non muscle myosin; Rabbit (New Zealand White); Smooth muscle differentiation

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTROGEN; MYOSIN; MYOSIN ANTIBODY; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0030061106     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410050507     Document Type: Article

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