Localization of receptors for natriuretic peptide and endothelin in the duct of the epididymis of the freshwater turtle

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 26-38

  Kim, Sung Zoo ^a   Kang, Seon Young ^a   Lee, Sook Jeong ^a   Cho, Kyung Woo ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

ANP; cGMP; CNP; Endothelin; Epididymis; Freshwater turtle; Quantitative in vitro autoradiography; Receptor subtype

Indexed keywords

ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; ENDOTHELIN; HORMONE RECEPTOR; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE TYPE C; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; NATRIURESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; TURTLE;

EID: 0342264430     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1999.7445     Document Type: Article

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