Erratum: Ageing causes cytoplasmic retention of MaxiK channels in rat corporal smooth muscle cells (International Journal of Impotence Research (2007) 19, (371-377) DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijir.3901541);Ageing causes cytoplasmic retention of MaxiK channels in rat corporal smooth muscle cells

International Journal of Impotence Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 371-377

  Davies, K P ^a   Stanevsky, Y ^a   Moses, T ^a   Chang, J S ^b   Chance, M R ^b   Melman, A ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing; Erectile dysfunction; MaxiK channel; Smooth muscle; Splicing

Indexed keywords

ISOPROTEIN; LARGE CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SV1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGING; ALPHA CHAIN; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAVERNOSOGRAPHY; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GROUPS BY AGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE TONE; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

EID: 34347393334     PISSN: 09559930     EISSN: 14765489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijir.3901550     Document Type: Erratum

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