Cardiovascular actions of dogfish urotensin I in the dogfish, Scyliorhinus canicula

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 269-275

  Platzack, Bjorn ^a   Schaffert, Courtney ^b   Hazon, Neil ^c   Conlon, J Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UROTENSIN I;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE; DNA LIBRARY; DRUG MECHANISM; FISH; HEART RATE; HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

SCYLIORHINUS CANICULA;

EID: 0031886889     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1997.7030     Document Type: Article

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