Organic Cation Transporters

Drug Transporters: Molecular Characterization and Role in Drug Disposition

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 11-33

  Urban, Thomas J ^a   Giacomini, Kathleen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic variation in drug transporter genes; OCTs multispecific organic cation transporters; Organic cation transporter (OCT) family

Indexed keywords

EID: 59049100845     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470140505.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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