Endothelin receptor mRNAs in human fetal membranes, chorionic vessels, and decidua parietalis

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 132, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 161-168

  Germain, Alfredo M ^a   MacDonald, Paul C ^a   Casey, M Linette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amnion; Chorion; Decidua; Endothelin receptors; Placenta

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN A RECEPTOR; ENDOTHELIN B RECEPTOR; ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

AMNION; AMNION CELL; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; CHORION; DECIDUA; DNA SYNTHESIS; DOSE RESPONSE; FETUS MEMBRANE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS; TISSUE LEVEL;

AMNION; BLOOD VESSELS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CHORION; DECIDUA; FEMALE; HUMANS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, ENDOTHELIN; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0030882922     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(97)00130-5     Document Type: Article

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