Function of aquaporin-7 in the kidney and the male reproductive system

Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology

Volumn 190, Issue , 2009, Pages 219-231

  Sasaki, Sei ^a   Sohara, Eisei ^b   Uchida, Shinichi ^b  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 7; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GLYCEROL; UREA; WATER; AQP7 PROTEIN, HUMAN; AQP7 PROTEIN, MOUSE; AQP7 PROTEIN, RAT; AQUAGLYCEROPORIN; AQUAPORIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

HUMAN; KIDNEY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; URINARY EXCRETION; WATER TRANSPORT; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; FERTILITY; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RAT;

ANIMALS; AQUAGLYCEROPORINS; AQUAPORINS; FERTILITY; GENITALIA, MALE; GLYCEROL; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; KIDNEY; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RATS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; UREA; WATER;

EID: 61449492457     PISSN: 01712004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-79885-9_11     Document Type: Review

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