Urocortins in human reproduction

Peptides

Volumn 25, Issue 10 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 1751-1757

  Florio, Pasquale ^a   Vale, Wylie ^b   Petraglia, Felice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

CRF; CRF BP; Endometrium; Ovary; Parturition; Placenta; Pregnancy; Prostate; Receptors

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR; PROSTAGLANDIN; UROCORTIN;

AMNION; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; BINDING SITE; BLOOD FLOW; CANCER GRADING; CHILDBIRTH; CHORION; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; DECIDUA; ENDOMETRIUM; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS MEMBRANE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INCUBATION TIME; MYOMETRIUM; OVARY; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY;

EID: 5144221342     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2004.05.026     Document Type: Review

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