Expression and regulation of the rat prostaglandin E2 receptor type 4 (EP4) in pregnant cervical tissue

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 189, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1501-1510

  Chien, Edward K ^a   MacGregor, Candace ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical ripening; EP4; Pregnancy; Regulation; Transcription

Indexed keywords

MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; MESSENGER RNA; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E RECEPTOR; PROSTAGLANDIN E2 RECEPTOR TYPE 4; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHILDBIRTH; EXON; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REPORTER GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0346120404     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/S0002-9378(03)00764-6     Document Type: Article

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