Comparing regulation of the connexin43 gene by estrogen in uterine leiomyoma and pregnancy myometrium

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 108, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2000, Pages 811-815

  Andersen, Janet ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AP 1 activity; Connexin43; Estrogen receptor; Myometrium; Pregnancy; Uterine leiomyomas

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; DNA; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; PROTEIN KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GROWTH REGULATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LABOR; MYOMETRIUM; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UTERUS BIOPSY; UTERUS MYOMA;

EID: 0033669651     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3454311     Document Type: Article

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