Effect of taurine on chelerythrine inhibition of calcium uptake and ATPase activity in the rat retina

Biochemical Pharmacology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 557-565

  Militante, Julius D ^a   Lombardini, John B ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ATPase activity; Calcium uptake; Chelerythrine; Rat retina; Taurine

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CHELERYTHRINE; PROTEIN KINASE C; TAURINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; IN VITRO STUDY; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA; RETINA ROD OUTER SEGMENT;

EID: 0032030627     PISSN: 00062952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-2952(97)00502-9     Document Type: Article

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