Pregnancy switches adrenergic signal transduction in rat and human uterine myocytes as probed by BK(Ca) channel activity

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 524, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 339-352

  Zhou, Xiao Bo ^a   Wang, Ge Xin ^a   Hüneke, Bernd ^a   Wieland, Thomas ^a   Korth, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; CALCIMYCIN; CALCIUM ION; CLONIDINE; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN; IBERIOTOXIN; ISOPRENALINE; N [2 (4 BROMOCINNAMYLAMINO)ETHYL] 5 ISOQUINOLINESULFONAMIDE; PERTUSSIS TOXIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; RGS 16; TRANSDUCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ADRENALIN; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; INHIBITORY GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; LARGE CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; NORADRENALIN; RGS PROTEIN;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; CHANNEL GATING; FEMALE; PATCH CLAMP TECHNIQUE; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

EID: 0034655796     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.2000.t01-1-00339.x     Document Type: Article

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