Water permeability of an ovarian antral follicle is predominantly transcellular and mediated by aquaporins

Endocrinology

Volumn 143, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 2905-2912

  McConnell, Nisha A ^a   Yunus, Raheela S ^a   Gross, Stephen A ^a   Bost, Kenneth L ^a   Clemens, Mark G ^a   Hughes Jr , Francis M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; INULIN; MERCURY CHLORIDE; WATER;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GRANULOSA CELL; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RAT; TRANSCYTOSIS; WATER FLOW; WATER PERMEABILITY;

EID: 0036320996     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.143.8.8953     Document Type: Article

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