Role of collecting duct urea transporters in the kidney - Insights from mouse models

Journal of Membrane Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 119-131

  Fenton, R A ^a   Smith, C P ^b   Knepper, M A ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Countercurrent multiplication; Urinary concentrating mechanism; UT A

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CARRIER PROTEIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA; UREA TRANSPORT PROTEIN A; UREA TRANSPORT PROTEIN A1; UREA TRANSPORT PROTEIN A2; UREA TRANSPORT PROTEIN A3; UREA TRANSPORT PROTEIN A5; UREA TRANSPORT PROTEIN B;

CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FLUID BALANCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC LINE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; KIDNEY COLLECTING TUBULE; KIDNEY CONCENTRATING CAPACITY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY MEDULLA; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TUBULES, COLLECTING; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; UREA;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 33847122202     PISSN: 00222631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00232-006-0871-y     Document Type: Review

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