Oxytocin and lysophosphatidic acid induce stress fiber formation in human myometrial cells via a pathway involving Rho-kinase

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 401-406

  Gogarten, W ^a   Emala, C W ^a   Lindeman, K S ^a   Hirshman, C A ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Growth factors; Kinases; Oxytocin; Signal transduction; Uterus

Indexed keywords

LYSOPHOSPHATIDIC ACID; OXYTOCIN; RHO KINASE;

ARTICLE; CYTOSKELETON; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MYOMETRIUM; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

EID: 0034926280     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod65.2.401     Document Type: Article

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