Expression and localization of alpha-smooth muscle and gamma-actins in the pregnant rat myometrium

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 773-780

  Shynlova, Oksana ^a   Tsui, Prudence ^a,b   Dorogin, Anna ^a   Chow, Michelle ^a,b   Lye, Stephen J ^a,b,c,d  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Parturition; Pregnancy; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; GAMMA ACTIN; ISOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GESTATION PERIOD; HYPERTROPHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABOR; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PUERPERIUM; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYOMETRIUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 25144461507     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.105.040006     Document Type: Article

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