Expression of RHOGTPase regulators in human myometrium

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages

  O'Brien, Margaret ^a,b   Flynn, David ^a,b   Mullins, Brian ^a,b   Morrison, John J ^a,b,c   Smith, Terry J ^a,b  

^a National Centre for Biomedical Engineering Sciences   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MOESIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ACTIVATING PROTEIN; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ACTIVATING PROTEIN 24; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ACTIVATING PROTEIN 5; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR 1; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR 11; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR 12; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE INHIBITOR; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE INHIBITOR A; ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE DISSOCIATION INHIBITOR; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE DISSOCIATION INHIBITORS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LABOR; LABOR STAGE; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MYOMETRIUM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY; WESTERN BLOTTING; ADULT; CELL CULTURE; CESAREAN SECTION; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; HYSTERECTOMY; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

ADULT; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELLS, CULTURED; CESAREAN SECTION; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; GTPASE-ACTIVATING PROTEINS; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE DISSOCIATION INHIBITORS; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; MYOMETRIUM; PREGNANCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 40949110529     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-6-1     Document Type: Article

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