Evidence for distinct vascular and tubular urea transporters in the rat kidney

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 852-860

  Promeneur, Dominique ^a   Rousselet, Germain ^b   Bankir, Lise ^a   Bailly, Pascal ^c   Cartron, Jean Pierre ^c   Ripoche, Pierre ^b   Trinh Trang Tan, Marie Marcelle ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^b CEA SACLAY   (France)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA TRANSFUSION SANGUINE   (France)

Author keywords

Hydronephrotic kidney; Kidney cortex; Kidney medulla; Rat cDNA cloning; Urinary concentrating activity

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ERYTHROCYTE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDRONEPHROSIS; KIDNEY CORTEX; MAMMAL CELL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 0030358019     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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