An apical membrane Na+/H+ exchanger isoform, NHE-3, is present in the rat epididymal epithelium

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 442, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 230-236

  Kaunisto, Kari ^d   Moe, Orson W ^a   Pelto Huikko, Markku ^b   Traebert, Martin ^c   Rajaniemi, Hannu ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Bicarbonate; Immunoblotting; Immunohistochemistry; Northern blotting; Sodium hydrogen antiporter; Sperm motility

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN; SODIUM ION; SODIUM PROTON EXCHANGE PROTEIN 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APICAL MEMBRANE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; EPIDIDYMIS TAIL; EPITHELIUM; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KIDNEY PROXIMAL TUBULE; KIDNEY TUBULE ABSORPTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SODIUM ABSORPTION; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CELL MEMBRANE; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIUM; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SODIUM-HYDROGEN ANTIPORTER;

EID: 0035013184     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004240100530     Document Type: Article

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