WNK4-mediated regulation of renal ion transport proteins

American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology

Volumn 293, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Peng, Ji Bin ^a,b   Warnock, David G ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Ion channel; Kidney; Transporter; WNK1

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHLORINE; CLAUDIN; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN KINASE WNK4; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; SODIUM;

HOMEOSTASIS; HYPERTENSION; ION TRANSPORT; NEPHRON; OSMOLARITY; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW;

EID: 35348849543     PISSN: 1931857X     EISSN: 15221466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00192.2007     Document Type: Review

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