Serotonin regulation of gene expression in uterine extracellular matrix: Reciprocal effects on collagens and collagenase

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 125-132

  Passaretti, Teresa V ^a   Wilcox, Brian D ^a   Jeffrey, John J ^a  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

cAMP; Myometrium; Parturition; Pregnancy; Rat; Smooth muscle; Uterus

Indexed keywords

8 BROMO CYCLIC AMP; COLLAGEN; COLLAGENASE; MESSENGER RNA; SCLEROPROTEIN; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 2 AGONIST;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HALF LIFE TIME; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; UTERUS;

EID: 0030199977     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0303-7207(96)03827-0     Document Type: Article

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