Water channels and urea transporters

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-9

  Wintour, E Marelyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

aquaporin; urea transporters; water channels

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; UREA;

ANIMAL CELL; CELL MEMBRANE; ENDOTHELIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 0031040648     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.1997.tb01775.x     Document Type: Review

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