UT-A urea transporter promoter, UT-Aα, targets principal cells of the renal inner medullary collecting duct

American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology

Volumn 290, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Fenton, Robert A ^a,b   Shodeinde, Adetola ^a   Knepper, Mark A ^a  

^a Laboratory of Kidney and Electrolyte Metabolism NHBLI   (United States)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Kidney; Transgenic; galactosidase

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 2; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CARRIER PROTEIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; UREA TRANSPORTER; UT A1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; UT-A1 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY COLLECTING TUBULE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; UT A ALPHA GENE; WATER DEPRIVATION; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; KIDNEY MEDULLA; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; KIDNEY MEDULLA; KIDNEY TUBULES, COLLECTING; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

EID: 33644801662     PISSN: 1931857X     EISSN: 15221466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00285.2005     Document Type: Article

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