Urea transporters in kidney and erythrocytes

American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology

Volumn 273, Issue 3 42-3, 1997, Pages

  Sands, Jeff M ^a   Timmer, Richard T ^a   Gunn, Robert B ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Collecting duct; Concentrating mechanism; Kidd antigen; Vasa recta; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL TRANSPORT; COUNTERCURRENT SYSTEM; ERYTHROCYTE; HAMSTER; KIDNEY CELL; KIDNEY COLLECTING TUBULE; KIDNEY CONCENTRATING CAPACITY; KIDNEY TUBULE EXCRETION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RAT; REVIEW; TRANSPORT KINETICS; UREA CYCLE;

EID: 0030801213     PISSN: 1931857X     EISSN: 15221466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.1997.273.3.f321     Document Type: Review

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