Abstract: Background: β-adrenoceptors have an important physiological function in the regulation of vascular tone and impairment of β-adrenoceptor function is associated with hypertension.
This study aimed at characterizing of β-adrenoceptor subtypes in in vitro preparations of BPA. Materials and Methods: Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) studies used to determine the mRNA expression for β-adrenoceptors subtypes using bovine-specific primer pairs.
Results: The total RNA concentrations....
Key Word: β-adrenoceptors; Polymerase chain reaction (PCR); primer
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