Prostaglandin endoperoxide H synthase (PGHS) activity and PGHS-1 and -2 messenger ribonucleic acid abundance in human chorion throughout gestation and with preterm labor

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1358-1367

  Mijovic, Jane E ^a   Zakar, Tamas ^a   Nairn, Travis K ^a   Olson, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; CHORION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABOR COMPLICATION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS;

ADULT; CHORION; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; LINEAR MODELS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PROSTAGLANDIN-ENDOPEROXIDE SYNTHASES; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0031732535     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.83.4.1358     Document Type: Article

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