Evidence that taurine modulates osmoregulation by modification of osmolarity sensor protein ENVZ-expression

Amino Acids

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 347-355

  Moenkemann, H ^b   Labudova, O ^b   Yeghiazarian, K ^b   Rink, H ^b   Hoeger, H ^b   Lubec, Gert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Amino acids; Osmolarity sensor protein ENVZ; Osmoregulation; Rat; Taurine

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PORIN; PROTEIN; TAURINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; HEART; HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; OSMOREGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0033402695     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf01361660     Document Type: Article

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