Myometrial expression of small conductance Ca2+-activated K + channels depresses phasic uterine contraction

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 292, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Brown, Amber ^a   Cornwell, Trudy ^a   Korniyenko, Iryna ^a   Solodushko, Viktoriya ^a   Bond, Chris T ^b   Adelman, John P ^b   Taylor, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ca2+ activated K+ channel; Doxycycline; Mouse; Uterus

Indexed keywords

APAMIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; DOXYCYCLINE; NIFEDIPINE; OXYTOCIN; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SMALL CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; MOUSE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUTATION; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; UTERUS CONTRACTION; UTERUS FUNCTION; UTERUS RELAXATION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; APAMIN; CALCIUM; DOXYCYCLINE; FEMALE; INDOLES; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MYOMETRIUM; NIFEDIPINE; OXYTOCIN; PERIODICITY; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SMALL-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS; UTERINE CONTRACTION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

MUS;

EID: 33847060861     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: 15221563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00268.2006     Document Type: Article

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