Molecular characterization of the mercurial sensitivity of a frog urea transporter (fUT)

American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology

Volumn 290, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Stewart, Gavin S ^b   Smith, Craig P ^b   Cooper, Gordon J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mercury chloride; Xenopus laevis oocyte

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; CYSTEINE; HISTIDINE; MERCURY; MERCURY CHLORIDE; PROTEIN UREA TRANSPORTER A; PROTEIN UREA TRANSPORTER B; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FROG; INCUBATION TIME; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 33744831462     PISSN: 1931857X     EISSN: 15221466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00449.2005     Document Type: Article

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