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Myometrial relaxant action of relaxin

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The uterine1 relaxant action of relaxin-containing extracts of porcine corpora lutea was discovered 50 years ago [1]. However, the primary signal transduction event underlying this action is unresolved.

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  1. School of Biological Sciences, G38 Stopford building, Manchester University, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK

    Michael Hollingsworth

  2. The Straddle, Parexcel, Victoria Quays, Sheffield, S2 5SY, UK

    Sarah Rudkin

  3. Biology Department, York University, P.O. Box 373, York, YO10 5YW, UK

    Sandra Downing

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Hollingsworth, M., Rudkin, S., Downing, S. (2001). Myometrial relaxant action of relaxin. In: Tregear, G.W., Ivell, R., Bathgate, R.A., Wade, J.D. (eds) Relaxin 2000. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2877-5_49

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