Mechanisms of relaxin action in the reproductive tract: Studies in the relaxin-deficient (Rlx-/-) mouse

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1041, Issue , 2005, Pages 91-103

  Parry, Laura J ^a   McGuane, Jonathan T ^a   Gehring, Helen M ^a   Kostic, Irna Grace T ^a   Siebel, Andrew L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cervix; Estrogen receptors; LGR7; Matrix metalloproteinases; Vagina

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGENASE 3; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; HORMONE RECEPTOR; LGR7 PROTEIN; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; RECOMBINANT HORMONE; RELAXIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIRTH; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE ACTION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PUBIS SYMPHYSIS; UTERINE CERVIX; VAGINA;

EID: 23644458574     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1282.013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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