Human myometrial gene expression before and during parturition

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 707-719

  Havelock, Jon C ^a   Keller, Patrick ^a   Muleba, Ndaya ^a   Mayhew, Bobbie A ^a   Casey, Brian M ^a   Rainey, William E ^a   Word, R Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervix; Gene regulation; Parturition; Pregnancy; Uterus

Indexed keywords

CALGRANULIN; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; MESSENGER RNA; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LABOR; MYOMETRIUM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CALGRANULIN B; CERVIX UTERI; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOMETRIUM; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; PROSTAGLANDIN-ENDOPEROXIDE SYNTHASES; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; REFERENCE VALUES; RNA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 14044254166     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.104.032979     Document Type: Article

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