Expression of the calcium-activated potassium channel in upper and lower segment human myometrium during pregnancy and parturition

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Gao, Lu ^a   Cong, Binghai ^a   Zhang, Lanmei ^b   Ni, Xin ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NAVY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LARGE CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL ALPHA SUBUNIT; LARGE CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL BETA SUBUNIT; KCNMA1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MYOMETRIUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; UTERUS BIOPSY; WESTERN BLOTTING; BIRTH; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; BLOTTING, WESTERN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARGE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL ALPHA SUBUNITS; LARGE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL BETA SUBUNITS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOMETRIUM; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS;

EID: 65449159749     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-7-27     Document Type: Article

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