Aquaporins in development - A review

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Liu, Huishu ^a   Wintour, E Marelyn ^b  

^a GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; AQUAPORIN 1; AQUAPORIN 2; AQUAPORIN 3; AQUAPORIN 4; AQUAPORIN 5;

AMNION FLUID; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS MEMBRANE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; KERATINIZATION; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; SECRETION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; BODY FLUID; BRAIN; CYTOLOGY; HEART; HEART MUSCLE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; KIDNEY; LUNG; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RAT; SENSE ORGAN; SKIN;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; OVIS ARIES; RODENTIA;

ANIMALS; AQUAPORINS; BODY FLUIDS; BRAIN; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HEART; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LUNG; MICE; MYOCARDIUM; PLACENTA; RATS; SENSE ORGANS; SKIN;

EID: 27344446180     PISSN: 14777827     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-3-18     Document Type: Review

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