Direct visualization of rat peritubular myoid cell contraction in response to endothelin

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 25-31

  Tripiciano, Antonella ^a   Filippini, Antonio ^a   Giustiniani, Quinto ^a   Palombi, Fioretta ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Ist di Istol ed Embriol Generale   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ENDOTHELIN 1; VASOPRESSIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SHAPE; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETE TESTIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SECOND MESSENGER; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; MYOIDEA;

EID: 0029787862     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod55.1.25     Document Type: Article

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