Expression of 5-lipoxygenase and 5-lipoxygenase-activating protein in human fetal membranes throughout pregnancy and at term

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 668-674

  Brown, N L ^a   Slater, D M ^a   Alvi, S A ^a   Elder, M G ^a   Sullivan, M H F ^a   Bennett, P R ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

5 LOX; Chorion decidua; Eicosanoids; FLAP; Labour

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONATE 5 LIPOXYGENASE; ARACHIDONATE 5 LIPOXYGENASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN; ICOSANOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARACHIDONIC ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CHORION; DECIDUA; ENZYME MECHANISM; FETUS MEMBRANE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABOR; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AMNION; ARACHIDONATE 5-LIPOXYGENASE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHORION; DECIDUA; EXTRAEMBRYONIC MEMBRANES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032981574     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/5.7.668     Document Type: Article

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