Ghrelin in the human myometrium

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages

  O'Brien, Margaret ^a   Earley, Padraig ^a   Morrison, John J ^a   Smith, Terry J ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; ESTRADIOL; GHRELIN; GHRELIN O ACYLTRANSFERASE; GHRELIN RECEPTOR; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETAGOGUE RECEPTOR; HORMONE PRECURSOR; MESSENGER RNA; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ACYLATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; CATALYSIS; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABOR; MYOMETRIUM; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; CELL LINE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ADULT; AUTOCRINE COMMUNICATION; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GHRELIN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; MYOMETRIUM; PARACRINE COMMUNICATION; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RECEPTORS, GHRELIN;

EID: 77952738206     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-8-55     Document Type: Article

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