Functional receptors for fish neuropeptide urotensin II in major rat arteries

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 149, Issue 1-2, 1988, Pages 61-66

  Itoh, Hiroo ^a   McMaster, Denis ^a   Lederis, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

(Binding, Rat); 125I Urotensin II; Arteries

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE; UROTENSIN; UROTENSIN II;

ANIMAL CELL; AORTA; BINDING SITE; DRUG BINDING; DRUG CONCENTRATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY;

ANIMAL; AORTA, THORACIC; ARTERIES; BINDING SITES; FISHES; IN VITRO; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PEPTIDES; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; UROTENSINS;

EID: 0023929923     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(88)90042-8     Document Type: Article

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