Muscarinic receptors in human luteinized granulosa cells: Activation blocks gap junctions and induces the transcription factor early growth response factor-1

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 1362-1367

  Fritz, Stephanie ^a   Kunz, Lars ^a   Dimitrijevic, Nicola ^a   Grünert, Robert ^a   Heiss, Christoph ^b   Mayerhofer, Artur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b KLINIK AM EICHERT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ATROPINE; CARBACHOL; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CONNEXIN 43; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 1; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; PIRENZEPINE; SERINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; DNA MICROARRAY; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; LUTEINIZATION; OVULATION; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

FALLOPIA;

EID: 0036959866     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.87.3.8326     Document Type: Article

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