An evolutionary test of the isoform switching hypothesis of functional progesterone withdrawal for parturition: Humans have a weaker repressive effect of PR-A than mice

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 345-351

  Wagner, Günter P ^a   Tong, Yingchun ^a   Emera, Deena ^a   Romero, Roberto ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NICHD   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional progesterone withdrawal; Human evolution; Human parturition; Isoform switching; Progesterone receptor

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR A; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR B;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIRTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE ACTIVITY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOTHESIS; ISOFORM SWITCHING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICE; MYOMETRIUM; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY MAINTENANCE; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84869384196     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jpm-2011-0256     Document Type: Article

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