ERK1/2-mediated phosphorylation of myometrial caldesmon during pregnancy and labor

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 284, Issue 1 53-1, 2003, Pages

  Li, Yunping ^a,b   Je, Hyun Dong ^b   Malek, Sabah ^c   Morgan, Kathleen G ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Newton Country Day Sch Sacred Heart   (United States)

Author keywords

Caldesmon; Myosin light chain phosphorylation; Preterm labor

Indexed keywords

CALDESMON; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FEMALE; LABOR; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY;

EID: 0037215514     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00290.2002     Document Type: Article

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