Smooth muscle cells of the bovine cervical stroma may have a secretory, rather than a contractile function during parturition

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 303-311

  Van Engelen, E ^a   Breeveld Dwarkasing, V N A ^a   Everts, M E ^a   Van Der Weyden, G C ^a   Taverne, M A M ^a   Rutten, V P M G ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CONNEXIN 43; DESMIN; MESSENGER RNA; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SECRETION; SMOOTH MUSCLE; STROMA CELL; UTERINE CERVIX;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CERVIX UTERI; CONNEXIN 43; DESMIN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; STROMAL CELLS; VIMENTIN;

BOVINAE;

EID: 62549154084     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2008.01070.x     Document Type: Article

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