Oxytocin receptors and cholesterol: Interaction and regulation

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 85, Issue SPEC. ISS., 2000, Pages

  Gimpl, Gerald ^a   Burger, Katja ^a   Politowska, Ewa ^b   Ciarkowski, Jerzy ^b   Fahrenholz, Falk ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVEOLIN; CHOLECYSTOKININ RECEPTOR; CHOLESTEROL; LIPID BINDING PROTEIN; MEMBRANE LIPID; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ARTICLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR MODEL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR DENSITY;

EID: 0034124346     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-445X.2000.tb00006.x     Document Type: Article

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