Gestational changes in uterine L-type calcium channel function and expression in guinea pig

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1262-1270

  Collins, P L ^a   Moore, J J ^a   Lundgren, D W ^a   Choobineh, E ^a   Chang, S M ^a   Chang, A S ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Parturition; Pregnancy; Uterus

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIHYDRO 2,6 DIMETHYL 5 NITRO 4 [2 (TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENYL] 3 PYRIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL; ISRADIPINE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; FEMALE; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE; UTERUS; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; MAMMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0033765909     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod63.5.1262     Document Type: Article

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