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Prostaglandin Extraction and Analysis in Caenorhabditis elegans
Published on: June 25, 2013
Prostaglandin biosynthesis and lipolysis in subcellular fractions from rabbit kidney medulla
The Biochemical Journal
|March 15, 1981
Abstract:
Three separate prostaglandin-generating activities are associated with plasma membranes, mitochondria and microsomal fractions from rabbit kidney medulla. In the plasma membranes and mitochondria, but not in microsomal fractions, Ca2+ ions stimulate the activity of phospholipase A2, yielding selective release of arachidonic acid and linoleic acid and concomitant increase in prostaglandin E2 formation.

