ATP secretion in the male reproductive tract: Essential role of CFTR

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 590, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 4209-4222

  Ruan, Ye Chun ^a   Shum, Winnie W C ^a   Belleannée, Clémence ^a   Da Silva, Nicolas ^a   Breton, Sylvie ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ADRENALIN; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; FORSKOLIN; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS TAIL; EPITHELIUM CELL; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY CELL CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR GENE; VAS DEFERENS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FORSKOLIN; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84865608475     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2012.230581     Document Type: Article

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