Inhibition of oxytocin receptor function by direct binding of progesterone

Nature

Volumn 392, Issue 6675, 1998, Pages 509-512

  Grazzini, Eric ^a   Guillon, Gilles ^b   Mouillac, Bernard ^b   Zingg, Hans H ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; ARGIPRESSIN; DEXAMETHASONE; ESTROGEN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE 5' O (3 THIOTRIPHOSPHATE); IODINE 125; MIFEPRISTONE; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; PREGNANEDIONE; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE DERIVATIVE; PROMEGESTONE; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE; TRITIUM; VASOPRESSIN V1 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CALCIUM MOBILIZATION; CHO CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE BINDING; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; FEMALE; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; INOSITOL PHOSPHATES; LIGANDS; OXYTOCIN; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN BINDING; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; TRITIUM;

EID: 2642672840     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/33176     Document Type: Article

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