Rho A/Rho kinase mRNA and protein levels in human myometrium during pregnancy and labor

Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 20-27

  Friel, Anne M ^a   Curley, Michael ^a   Ravikumar, Nandini ^a   Smith, Terry J ^a   Morrison, John J ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Human myometrium; pregnancy; real time RT PCR; Rho A expression

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; RHO ASSOCIATED COIL FORMING KINASE I; RHO ASSOCIATED COIL FORMING KINASE II; RHO KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABOR; MYOMETRIUM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; TISSUE LEVEL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; BIOPSY; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MYOMETRIUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 11144299646     PISSN: 10715576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsgi.2004.07.002     Document Type: Article

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