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Mechanisms of relaxin action in the reproductive tract: studies in the relaxin-deficient (Rlx-/-) mouse.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 1 May 2005
Parry Laura J, McGuane Jonathan T, Gehring Helen M, Kostic Irna Grace T, Siebel Andrew L
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The major functions of relaxin (RLX) are associated with female reproductive tract physiology, namely, the regulation of biochemical processes involved in remodeling of extracellular matrix components in the cervix and vagina at term. Studies in RLX-deficient mice (Rlx-/-) demonstrate that although females give birth to live young without apparent dystocia, the pubic symphysis is not elongated, and they have...
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