Effect of estrogen on molecular and functional characteristics of the rodent vaginal muscularis

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1219-1230

  Basha, Maureen E ^a   Chang, Shaohua ^b   Burrows, Lara J ^c   Lassmann, Jenny ^d   Wein, Alan J ^b   Moreland, Robert S ^b,e   Chacko, Samuel ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c SUMMA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^e DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caldesmon; Estrogen; Menopause; Myosin; Smooth Muscle; Vagina

Indexed keywords

CALDESMON; CONTRACTILE PROTEIN; ESTROGEN; MESSENGER RNA; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC PUMP; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; VAGINAL MUSCLE;

EID: 84876979209     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jsm.12088     Document Type: Article

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