Cloning and characterization of the urea transporter UT3. Localization in rat kidney and testis

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1506-1515

  Tsukaguchi, Hiroyasu ^a   Shayakul, Chairat ^a   Berger, Urs V ^a   Tokui, Taro ^a   Brown, Dennis ^b   Hediger, Matthias A ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

kidney; spermatocyte; testis; urea transport; urinary concentration

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; UREA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; KIDNEY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NITROGEN BALANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RABBIT; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOCYTE; TESTIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UREA CYCLE;

EID: 0030896980     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI119313     Document Type: Article

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