Expression of human myometrial Gα(s) messenger ribonucleic acid transcript during pregnancy and labour: Involvement of alternative splicing pathways

Journal of Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 15-25

  Europe Finner, G N ^a,b   Phaneuf, S ^a   Cartwright, E ^a   Mardon, H J ^a   Lopez Bernal A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; LABOR; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MYOMETRIUM; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031058937     PISSN: 09525041     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/jme.0.0180015     Document Type: Article

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