The canalicular multispecific organic anion transporter and conjugated hyperbilirubinemia in rat and man

Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 420-428

  Paulusma, Coen C ^a,b   Oude Elferink, Ronald P J ^a,c  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ATP binding cassette transporter; Bile; Bilirubin; Hyperbilirubinemia; Liver; Multidrug resistatance; Organic anions

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; BILIRUBIN; BILIRUBIN GLUCURONIDE;

ANION TRANSPORT; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; BILE; DUBIN JOHNSON SYNDROME; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; INTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCT; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; BILE ACIDS AND SALTS; BILE CANALICULI; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; HUMANS; HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; JAUNDICE, CHRONIC IDIOPATHIC; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; RATS;

EID: 0030814774     PISSN: 09462716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001090050127     Document Type: Review

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