The multispecific organic anion transporter (OAT) family

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 440, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 337-350

  Sekine, Takashi ^a   Cha, Seok Ho ^a   Endou, Hitoshi ^a  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Multispecific organic anion transporter; Organic anion; p Aminohippurate; Pharmacokinetics; Tubular secretion; Xenobiotics

Indexed keywords

ANION; CARNITINE; CARRIER PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; ORGANIC ANION TRANSPORTER PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANION TRANSPORT; KIDNEY PROXIMAL TUBULE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; RAT; REVIEW; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

EID: 0033938669     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004240000297     Document Type: Review

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