Organic cation/carnitine transporter, OCTN2, is differentially expressed in the adult rat epididymis

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 314-319

  Rodríguez, Carmen M ^a   Labus, Jacquelyn C ^a   Hinton, Barry T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Epididymis; Male reproductive tract

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE; CARRIER PROTEIN; CATION; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN OCTN2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL MEMBRANE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RABBIT; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0036088745     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod67.1.314     Document Type: Article

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