Urea and urine concentrating ability in mice lacking AQP1 and AQP3

American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology

Volumn 291, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Zhao, Dan ^a   Bankir, Lise ^b   Qian, Liman ^a   Yang, Dayu ^a   Yang, Baoxue ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Plasma urea; Transgenic mouse; Urea transport; Vasopressin; Water transport

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 1; AQUAPORIN 3; CARRIER PROTEIN; PROTEIN UREA TRANSPORTER A3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA; VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; KIDNEY CONCENTRATING CAPACITY; MICTURITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPREGULATION; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; URINE; URINE OSMOLALITY; URINE VOLUME;

EID: 33746599864     PISSN: 1931857X     EISSN: 15221466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00011.2006     Document Type: Article

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