Coordinated regulation of HOX gene expression in myometrium and uterine leiomyoma

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 979-984

  Cermik, Dilek ^a   Arici, Aydin ^a   Taylor, Hugh S ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Homeobox genes; HOXA10; Leiomyoma; Myometrium; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; LASER; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MYOMETRIUM; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; TISSUE GROWTH; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTERUS; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADULT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOMETRIUM; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036842424     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(02)03366-6     Document Type: Article

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