Involvement of arginase in regulating myometrial contractions during gestation in the rat

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 513-518

  Hirata, Misako ^a   Obayashi, Satoshi ^a   Sakamoto, Shuichi ^a,b   Aso, Takeshi ^a   Imamura, Masatoshi ^a   Azuma, Hiroshi ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arginase I and II; Endothelin 1; Gestation; Myometrial contraction; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ARGINASE; ARGININE; CYCLIC GMP; ENDOTHELIN 1; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; NUCLEOTIDE; PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL DETECTION; UPREGULATION; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ANIMALS; ARGINASE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CYCLIC GMP; ENDOTHELIN-1; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; ISOENZYMES; MALE; MYOMETRIUM; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

EID: 33747879229     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gal047     Document Type: Article

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