RHO protein regulation of contraction in the human uterus

Reproduction

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 407-424

  Lartey, J ^a   Lopez Bernal A ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 (1 AMINOETHYL) N (4 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; ARF PROTEIN; FASUDIL; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MONOMERIC GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN KINASE; MYOSIN PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; PHYTOENE SYNTHASE; PROTEIN CDC42; PROTEIN FARNESYLTRANSFERASE; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; RHO FACTOR; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RHO KINASE; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RHOB GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RHOD GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BINDING AFFINITY; DRUG MECHANISM; DYSTOCIA; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME REGULATION; HUMAN; LABOR SUPPORT; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA INSUFFICIENCY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

BASE SEQUENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOMETRIUM; PREGNANCY; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; UTERINE CONTRACTION; UTERUS;

EID: 70449572920     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-09-0160     Document Type: Review

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