Phasic Phosphorylation of Caldesmon and ERK 1/2 during contractions in Human Myometrium

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Paul, Jonathan ^a,b   Maiti, Kaushik ^a,b   Read, Mark ^a,b   Hure, Alexis ^a,b   Smith, Julia ^a,b   Chan, Eng Cheng ^a,b   Smith, Roger ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALDESMON; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; SERINE; CALMODULIN BINDING PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 6;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INDUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LABOR; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; TISSUE PRESERVATION; UTERUS CONTRACTION; UTERUS RELAXATION; ENZYMOLOGY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; METABOLISM; MYOMETRIUM; PHOSPHORYLATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; CALMODULIN-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 6; MYOMETRIUM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PREGNANCY;

EID: 79959685948     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021542     Document Type: Article

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