Regulation of α1-adrenoceptor-mediated contractions of the uterine artery by protein kinase C: Role of the thick- and thin-filament regulatory pathways

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 322, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1253-1260

  Zhang, Hongying ^a   Zhang, Lubo ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 (2 AMINO 3 METHOXYPHENYL)CHROMONE; ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CALDESMON; CYTOCHALASIN B; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; PHENYLEPHRINE; PHORBOL DIBUTYRATE; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN KINASE C ACTIVATOR; ACTIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTERY TONE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FEMALE; MYOFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SHEEP; THIN FILAMENT; UTERINE ARTERY; ANIMAL; ARTERY; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; UTERUS; VASCULARIZATION; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; ARTERIES; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; FEMALE; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN KINASE C; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-1; SHEEP; UTERUS; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 34548066862     PISSN: 00223565     EISSN: 15210103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/jpet.107.124313     Document Type: Article

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