Activin βA-subunit and activin receptors in human myometrium at term and during labour

British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 869-874

  Schneider Kolsky, Michal ^a   Manuelpillai, Ursula ^a   Gargett, Caroline ^a   Wallace, Euan M ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; ACTIVIN RECEPTOR; ACTIVIN RECEPTOR 1A; ACTIVIN RECEPTOR 2A; ACTIVIN RECEPTOR 3B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; INHIBIN; INHIBIN BETA A SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABOR; MYOMETRIUM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACTIVIN RECEPTORS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBIN-BETA SUBUNITS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MYOMETRIUM; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0034743203     PISSN: 03065456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-5456(00)00202-3     Document Type: Article

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