Expression of regulator of G protein signaling-2 in rat myometrium during pregnancy and parturition

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 188, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 973-977

  Suarez, Victor R ^a   Park, Eun Sung ^a   Hankins, Gary D V ^a   Soloff, Melvyn S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Implantation; Labor; Myometrium; Regulators of G protein signaling

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MESSENGER RNA; ONAPRISTONE; PROGESTERONE; RGS PROTEIN; RGS2 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GONANE DERIVATIVE; HORMONE ANTAGONIST; RGS2 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLONGED PREGNANCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUERPERIUM; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; ANIMAL; BIRTH; BREEDING; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NIDATION;

ANIMALS; DOWN-REGULATION; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; GONANES; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; MYOMETRIUM; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PREGNANCY, PROLONGED; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RGS PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0038743407     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2003.240     Document Type: Article

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