Tissue Prothrombinase Activity in Myometrium From Timed-Pregnant Rats

Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 477-482

  Phillippe, Mark ^a   Bradley, Diana F ^a   Phillippe, Kathrynn ^a   Engle, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Factor X; Fgl2; inflammation; myometrium; prothrombinase

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 10A; CALCIUM; PROTHROMBIN; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DENATURATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; HOMOGENATE; INCUBATION TIME; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MYOMETRIUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; THROMBOPLASTIN;

EID: 33749534679     PISSN: 10715576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsgi.2006.07.009     Document Type: Article

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