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Cellular and subcellular immunolocalization of vasopressin-regulated water channel in rat kidney

S Nielsen1, S R DiGiovanni, E I Christensen

  • 1Department of Cell Biology, University of Aarhus, Denmark.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
|December 15, 1993
PubMed

Keywords:
vasopressin water channelrenal collecting ductimmunolocalizationwater permeability regulation

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