Progesterone receptor isoform expression in the guinea pig myometrium from normal and growth restricted pregnancies

Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 776-782

  Palliser, Hannah K ^a,c   Zakar, Tamas ^b,c   Symonds, Ian M ^b,c   Hirst, Jonathan J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Growth restriction; guinea pig; myometrium; preterm labor; progesterone receptor

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR A; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR B;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH INHIBITION; GUINEA PIG; LABOR; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; UTERUS HORN;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; GUINEA PIGS; MYOMETRIUM; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE;

EID: 77954343445     PISSN: 19337191     EISSN: 19337205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1933719110371517     Document Type: Article

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