A hemoglobin fragment found in cervicovaginal fluid from women in labor potentiates the action of agents that promote contraction of smooth muscle cells

Peptides

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1794-1800

  Brown, Amy G ^a   Leite, Rita S ^a   Engler, Adam J ^b   Discher, Dennis E ^b   Strauss III, Jerome F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervicovaginal secretions; Hemoglobin fragment; Smooth muscle cell contraction; Uterotonin potentiating peptide

Indexed keywords

BRADYKININ; HEMOGLOBIN A; HEMOGLOBIN BETA CHAIN; OXYTOCIN; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATION EXCHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEOMICS; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SURFACE ENHANCED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BODY FLUIDS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PREGNANCY; UTERINE CONTRACTION; VAGINA; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 33745051873     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2006.03.015     Document Type: Article

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