Kv7 and Kv11 channels in myometrial regulation

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 503-509

  Greenwood, Iain A ^a   Tribe, Rachel M ^b  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM RELEASE ACTIVATED CALCIUM CHANNEL 1; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN KINASE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ1; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ2; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ3; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ4; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ5; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KV11; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KV7; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ERG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIN MYOSIN INTERACTION; ARTICLE; ESTRUS CYCLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HUMAN; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ADULT; ETHER-A-GO-GO POTASSIUM CHANNELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KCNQ POTASSIUM CHANNELS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYOMETRIUM; NEURAL PATHWAYS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PREGNANCY; UTERUS;

EID: 84895197157     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: 1469445X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2013.075754     Document Type: Article

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