Transgenic animals may help resolve a sticky situation in cystic fibrosis

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 120, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3093-3096

  Widdicombe, Jonathan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CYCLIC AMP; SUBSTANCE P;

CALCIUM CONDUCTANCE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FETUS MORTALITY; LUNG DISEASE; MUCUS GLAND; MUCUS SECRETION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PANCREAS SECRETION; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPITHELIUM; EXOCRINE GLANDS; FERRETS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; SWINE;

EID: 77956363008     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: 15588238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI44235     Document Type: Note

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