RhoA/Rho-kinase cascade is involved in oxytocin-induced rat uterine contraction

Endocrinology

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 920-929

  Tahara, Masahiro ^a   Morishige, Ken Ichirou ^a   Sawada, Kenjirou ^a   Ikebuchi, Yoshihide ^a   Kawagishi, Rikako ^a   Tasaka, Keiichi ^a   Murata, Yuji ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

4 (1 AMINOETHYL) N (4 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; CALCIUM ION; ENZYME INHIBITOR; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; MYOSIN PHOSPHATASE; OXYTOCIN; PHOSPHATASE; RHO KINASE; RHO KINASE INHIBITOR; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM MOBILIZATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

EID: 0036168941     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.143.3.8696     Document Type: Article

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