Expression and function of myometrial PSF suggest a role in progesterone withdrawal and the initiation of labor

Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1370-1379

  Xie, Ning ^a   Liu, Liangliang ^a   Li, Yunqing ^b   Yu, Celeste ^b   Lam, Stephanie ^a   Shynlova, Oksana ^b   Gleave, Martin ^a   Challis, John R G ^b,c   Lye, Stephen ^b,c   Dong, Xuesen ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; POLYPYRIMIDINE TRACT BINDING PROTEIN; POLYPYRIMIDINE TRACT BINDING PROTEIN ASSOCIATED SPLICING FACTOR; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; SYNAPSIN I; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LABOR; LIGAND BINDING; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; YEAST;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CONNEXIN 43; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MALE; MYOMETRIUM; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP-1; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 84864437328     PISSN: 08888809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/me.2012-1088     Document Type: Article

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