Expression of corticotrophin-releasing hormone receptor mRNA and protein in the human myometrium

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 15-21

  Rodriguez Linares B ^a   Linton, E A ^a   Phaneuf, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MYOMETRIUM; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RECEPTOR DENSITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MYOMETRIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 2642703435     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1560015     Document Type: Article

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