The presence and function of phosphodiesterase type 5 in the rat myometrium

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 268-274

  Buhimschi, Catalin S ^a   Garfield, Robert E ^b   Weiner, Carl P ^c   Buhimschi, Irina A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Myometrium; Phosphodiesterase type 5; Sildenafil

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHODIESTERASE; MIFEPRISTONE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PHOSPHODIESTERASE V; SILDENAFIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTRAUTERINE PRESSURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; RAT; TISSUE SECTION; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0742287016     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2003.07.006     Document Type: Article

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