Localization of sodium bicarbonate cotransporter (NBC) protein and messenger ribonucleic acid in rat epididymis

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 573-579

  Jensen, Lars J ^a,b   Schmitt, Bernhard M ^e   Berger, Urs V ^d   Nsumu, Ndona N ^a   Boron, Walter F ^e   Hediger, Matthias A ^d   Brown, Dennis ^a,c   Breton, Sylvie ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; MALTOSE BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; SODIUM BICARBONATE COTRANSPORTER PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPIDIDYMIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTON SODIUM EXCHANGE; PROTON TRANSPORT; RAT; RNA ANALYSIS; SODIUM TRANSPORT; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032992027     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod60.3.573     Document Type: Article

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