Apparent up-regulation of stimulatory G-protein α subunits in the pregnant human myometrium is mimicked by elevated smoothelin expression

FASEB Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-26

  Gsell, Stefanie ^a   Eschenhagen, Thomas ^a,c   Kaspareit, Grit ^a   Nose, Monika ^a   Scholz, Hasso ^a   Behrens, Oliver ^b   Wieland, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b Stroke Unit Neurologie   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adenylyl cyclase; Epitope sharing; G (s) mRNA expression; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MYOMETRIUM; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY;

EID: 0033976438     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.14.1.17     Document Type: Article

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