The putative roles of nuclear and membrane-bound progesterone receptors in the female reproductive tract

Reproductive Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 279-289

  Kowalik, Magdalena K ^a   Rekawiecki, Robert ^a   Kotwica, Jan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL REPRODUCTION AND FOOD RESEARCH   (Poland)

Author keywords

Corpus luteum; Female reproductive tract; Membrane receptor; Non genomic effect; Nuclear receptor; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA;

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; ISOPROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL NUCLEUS; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GENETICS; HUMAN; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; NON-GENOMIC EFFECT; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE TRACT; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; NON-GENOMIC EFFECT; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; REPRODUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84888234872     PISSN: 1642431X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.repbio.2013.09.001     Document Type: Review

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