Expression and protective effects of urocortin in cardiac myocytes

Neuropeptides

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 167-171

  Okosi, A ^a,d   Brar, B K ^b   Chan, M ^c   D'Souza, L ^a   Smith, E ^c   Stephanou, A ^b   Latchman, D S ^b   Chowdrey, H S ^c   Knight, R A ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^d Emmanuel Kaye Building ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; UROCORTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL HYPOXIA; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HEART CELL CULTURE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RESTRICTION MAPPING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRESS; THERMAL INJURY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031899433     PISSN: 01434179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0143-4179(98)90033-6     Document Type: Article

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