Loss of functional K+ channels encoded by ether-à-go-go-related genes in mouse myometrium prior to labour onset

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 587, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2313-2326

  Greenwood, I A ^a   Yeung, S Y ^a   Tribe, R M ^b   Ohya, S ^c  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 [2 (6 METHYL 2 PYRIDYL)ETHYL] 4 (4 METHYLSULFONYLAMINOBENZOYL)PIPERIDINE; DOFETILIDE; ISOPROTEIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL HERG; PROTEIN KCNH1; PROTEIN KCNH2; PROTEIN KCNH3; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CELL KINETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GESTATION PERIOD; MOUSE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; UPREGULATION;

4-AMINOPYRIDINE; ANIMALS; ANTHRANILIC ACIDS; CRESOLS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ETHER-A-GO-GO POTASSIUM CHANNELS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; MYOMETRIUM; OXYTOCIN; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHENYLUREA COMPOUNDS; PINACIDIL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; PREGNANCY; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

EID: 65749086504     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2009.171272     Document Type: Article

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