The uptake of amino acids, in particular leucine, by isolated perfused testes of rats

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 452-463

  Bustamante, J Carlos ^a   Setchell, Brian P ^a,b  

^a BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autoradiography; Endothelium; Transport mechanism

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; LEUCINE;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ISOLATED ORGAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS BLOOD FLOW; TESTIS FUNCTION;

ALANINE; ANIMALS; ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; ENDOTHELIUM; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; ISOTONIC SOLUTIONS; LEUCINE; LYSINE; MALE; PERFUSION; PHENYLALANINE; RATS; TESTIS; TRITIUM;

EID: 0034104628     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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