Shape and size changes induced by taurine depletion in neonatal cardiomyocytes

Amino Acids

Volumn 15, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 135-142

  Schaffer, S W ^a   Ballard Croft, C ^a   Azuma, J ^b   Takahashi, K ^b   Kakhniashvili, D G ^a   Jenkins, T E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Cell shape; Cell size; Osmoregulation; Taurine

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BETA ALANINE; TAURINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPLETION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; OSMOTIC STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BETA-ALANINE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL SIZE; CELLS, CULTURED; MYOCARDIUM; RATS; TAURINE; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031694677     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01345286     Document Type: Article

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