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Assessment of Mitochondrial Functions and Cell Viability in Renal Cells Overexpressing Protein Kinase C Isozymes
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Role of substrates and nucleotides in phosphate uptake by rabbit renal cortical cells

L M Sakhrani, N Tessitore, S G Massry

    Mineral and Electrolyte Metabolism
    |January 1, 1984
    PubMed

    Keywords:
    phosphate transportrenal cell metabolismsodium-dependent uptakemetabolic intermediates

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