Urotensin II: Lessons from comparative studies for general endocrinology

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 14-20

  Lu, W ^a   Abdel Razik, A E S ^a   Ashton, N ^a   Balment, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fish; Mammals; Osmoregulation; Urantide; Urotensin II; Urotensin related peptide; UT receptor

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE RECEPTOR; URANTIDE; UROTENSIN II; UROTENSIN II RECEPTOR;

ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; GENE SEQUENCE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSMOREGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 43249086921     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2008.03.010     Document Type: Short Survey

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