Molecular regulation of the oxytocin receptor in peripheral organs

Journal of Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 109-115

  Kimura, Tadashi ^c   Saji, F ^c   Nishimori, K ^a   Ogita, K ^b   Nakamura, H ^b   Koyama, M ^b   Murata, Y ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA MEDICAL CENTER FOR CANCER AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; DNA; ESTROGEN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; LIGAND; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR;

BRAIN; CHILDBIRTH; CHROMOSOME 3P; DECIDUA; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENDOMETRIUM; EPIDIDYMIS; EXON; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HEART; HUMAN; INTRON; KIDNEY; LACTATION; LIGAND BINDING; MAMMARY GLAND; MILK EJECTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PLASMID; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPORTER GENE; REVIEW; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TESTIS; THYMUS; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UTERUS CONTRACTION; VAS DEFERENS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0038702302     PISSN: 09525041     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/jme.0.0300109     Document Type: Review

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