Culture substrate-specific expression of P2Y2 receptors in distal lung epithelial cells isolated from foetal rats

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 845-848

  Clunes, M T ^a   Collett, A ^a   Baines, D L ^a   Bovell, D L ^b   Murphie, H ^a   Inglis, S K ^a   McAlroy, H L ^a   Olver, R E ^a   Wilson, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apical membrane; Epithelial cells; Epithelial polarity; Lung; Nucleotide receptors; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; MESSENGER RNA; PURINE P2Y RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APICAL MEMBRANE; ARTICLE; EPITHELIUM CELL; FETUS; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0031808677     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0701942     Document Type: Article

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