Constitutive expression of cyclooxygenase-2 in rat vas deferens

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 275, Issue 1 44-1, 1998, Pages

  McKanna, James A ^a   Zhang, Ming Zhi ^a   Wang, Jun Ling ^a   Cheng, H F ^a   Harris, Raymond C ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Erection; Male; Prostaglandins; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; PROSTANOID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; VAS DEFERENS; VASECTOMY;

EID: 0031844461     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1998.275.1.r227     Document Type: Article

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