Myometrial activation - Coordination, connectivity and contractility

Fetal and Maternal Medicine Review

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 333-356

  MacIntyre, David A ^a   Chan, Eng Cheng ^a   Smith, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CALCIUM; CALDESMON; CALPONIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 27; ION CHANNEL; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; TROPOMYOSIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; CELL JUNCTION; CYTOSKELETON; DENSE BODY; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; FUNCTIONAL PROTEOMICS; HUMAN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY; UTERUS FUNCTION; UTERUS RELAXATION;

EID: 39549083014     PISSN: 09655395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0965539507002033     Document Type: Review

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