Pregnancy and estradiol modulate myometrial G-protein pathways in the guinea pig

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 275-287

  Weiner, Carl P ^a   Mason, Clifford ^b   Hall, Gentzon ^c   Ahmad, Usma ^d   Swaan, Peter ^b   Buhimschi, Irina A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF PHARMACY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

G proteins; GTPase; Myometrium; Oxytocin; Quiescence; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN BETA SUBUNIT; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ISOPRENALINE; MESSENGER RNA; OXYTOCIN; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; RAB7 PROTEIN; RAP1 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GESTATIONAL AGE; GUINEA PIG; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TISSUE HOMOGENATE; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DOWN-REGULATION; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; GUINEA PIGS; ISOPROTERENOL; MYOMETRIUM; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UP-REGULATION; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

EID: 33745285382     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2005.12.050     Document Type: Article

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