Myosin light chain kinase and the onset of labour in humans

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 313-318

  Moore, F ^a   Bernal, A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CYTOCHROME P450; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ISOPROTEIN; LAMININ; MESSENGER RNA; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN KINASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE (CALCIUM,CALMODULIN);

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPHOSPHORYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; LABOR; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY;

EID: 0035065628     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/eph8602188     Document Type: Article

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