Increased expression of nitric oxide synthase in the myometrium of the pregnant rat uterus

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 272, Issue 6 35-6, 1997, Pages

  Riemer, R Kirk ^a,b   Buscher, Cori ^a   Bansal, Raj K ^b   Black, Stephen M ^a   He, Youping ^a   Natuzzi, Eileen S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Inducible nitric oxide synthase; Labor; Pregnancy maintenance; Ribonuclease protection assay

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUA; FEMALE; LABOR; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0030833610     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1997.272.6.e1008     Document Type: Article

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