Intracellular mechanisms underlying prostaglandin F(2α)-stimulated phasic myometrial contractions

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 273, Issue 4 36-4, 1997, Pages

  Phillippe, Mark ^a   Saunders, Trevania ^a   Basa, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytosolic calcium oscillations; Inositol phosphates; Intracellular calcium; Phosphatidylinositol signaling pathway

Indexed keywords

INOSITOL PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CYTOSOL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

EID: 0030679654     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1997.273.4.e665     Document Type: Article

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