Analysis of Maxi-K alpha subunit splice variants in human myometrium

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Curley, Michael ^a   Morrison, John J ^a,b   Smith, Terry J ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; MESSENGER RNA;

ALPHA CHAIN; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; EXON; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; LABOR; MYOMETRIUM; PROTEIN VARIANT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; UTERUS BIOPSY; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

EID: 18144380377     PISSN: 14777827     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-2-67     Document Type: Article

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