Analysis of two pharmacologically predicted endothelin B receptor subtypes by using the endothelin B receptor gene knockout mouse

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 120, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1427-1430

  Mizuguchi, Tadahiko ^a   Nishiyama, Mariko ^b   Moroi, Kayoko ^b   Tanaka, Hirokazu ^a   Saito, Toshihiro ^a   Masuda, Yoshiaki ^a   Masaki, Tomoh ^c   De Wit, Damiane ^d   Yanagisawa, Masashi ^d   Kimura, Sadao ^b  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aorta; BQ 123; Endothelin; ET(B) receptor; Gastric fundus; IRL1620; Knockout mouse; PD142893; Sarafotoxin S6c

Indexed keywords

CYCLO(DEXTRO TRYPTOPHYL DEXTRO ASPARTYLPROLYL DEXTRO VALYLLEUCYL); ENDOTHELIN 1; ENDOTHELIN A RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ENDOTHELIN B RECEPTOR; ENDOTHELIN B RECEPTOR AGONIST; ENDOTHELIN B RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; N ACETYL 3,3 DIPHENYL DEXTRO ALANYLLEUCYLASPARTYLISOLEUCYLISOLEUCYLTRYPTOPHAN; PHENYLEPHRINE; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; SARAFOTOXIN S6C; SUCCINYLENDOTHELIN 1 [8-21][9 GLUTAMIC ACID 11,15 ALANINE];

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; STOMACH FUNDUS; THORACIC AORTA;

EID: 8244248458     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0701054     Document Type: Article

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