Differential expression of Kv4 pore-forming and KChIP auxiliary subunits in rat uterus during pregnancy

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 288, Issue 2 51-2, 2005, Pages

  Suzuki, Takahiro ^a   Takimoto, Koichi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene regulation; Myometrium; Voltage gated K+ channel

Indexed keywords

KV CHANNEL INTERACTING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED CHANNEL FORMING PROTEIN; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CHILDBIRTH; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; KV CHANNEL-INTERACTING PROTEINS; MYOMETRIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SHAL POTASSIUM CHANNELS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UTERUS;

EID: 12144257574     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00250.2004     Document Type: Article

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