Intermedin in rat uterus: Changes in gene expression and peptide levels across the estrous cycle and its effects on uterine contraction

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Wong, Chi Wai ^a   O, Wai Sum ^a   Tang, Fai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Estrous cycle; Intermedin; Uterine contraction

Indexed keywords

INTERMEDIN; NITRIC OXIDE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; RECEPTOR ACTIVITY MODIFYING PROTEIN 1; RECEPTOR ACTIVITY MODIFYING PROTEIN 2; RECEPTOR ACTIVITY MODIFYING PROTEIN 3;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; METESTRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROESTRUS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROIDOGENESIS; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ADRENOMEDULLIN; ANIMALS; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NEUROPEPTIDES; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

EID: 84874699175     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-11-13     Document Type: Article

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