Co-expression of adrenomedullin and adrenomedullin receptors in rat epididymis: Distinct physiological actions on anion transport

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2005-2012

  Hwang, Isabel S S ^a,d   Autelitano, Dominic J ^b,e   Wong, Patrick Y D ^c   Leung, George P H ^c   Tang, Fai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

^d Tai Po Industrial Estate   (Hong Kong)

^e Cryptome Pharmaceuticals   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epididymis; Neuropeptides; Polypeptide receptors; Sperm

Indexed keywords

ADRENOMEDULLIN; ADRENOMEDULLIN RECEPTOR; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CALCITONIN RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR ACTIVITY MODIFYING PROTEIN 1; RECEPTOR ACTIVITY MODIFYING PROTEIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANION TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROLYTE TRANSPORT; EPIDIDYMIS; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MONOLAYER CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RIBONUCLEASE PROTECTION ASSAY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOLUTION HYBRIDIZATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ADRENOMEDULLIN; ANIMALS; ANION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; EPIDIDYMIS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; KINETICS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NUCLEASE PROTECTION ASSAYS; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; RECEPTORS, PEPTIDE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037837100     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.102.011015     Document Type: Article

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