Angiotensinogen expression by rat epididymis: Evidence for an intrinsic, angiotensin-generating system

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 155, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 115-122

  Leung, Po Sing ^a   Wong, Tung Po ^a   Sernia, Conrad ^b  

^a and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Angiotensinogen; Epididymis; Renin; Renin angiotensin system

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN; ANGIOTENSINOGEN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; EPIDIDYMIS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION;

ANGIOTENSINOGEN; ANGIOTENSINS; ANIMALS; EPIDIDYMIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RENIN; RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0013677129     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(99)00107-0     Document Type: Article

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