Osmosensitive gene expression of taurine transporter and cyclin C in embryonic fibroblast cells

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 583, Issue , 2006, Pages 49-57

  Oh, Changkyu ^a   Choi, Yun Jaie ^b   Kim, Hyung Gee ^c   Lee, Dong Hee ^d  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

^d University of Seoul   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cyclin; Cysteine dioxygenase; Hypertonicity; Taurine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84934440795     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-33504-9_5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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