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J am soc nephrol 17. Ut b is widely expressed and has been studied in erythrocytes kidney intestine and at the blood brain barrier. Abstract urea transport in the kidney is mediated by a family of transporter proteins that includes renal urea transporters ut a and erythrocyte urea transporters ut b.
Molecular cloning and characterization of the vasopressin regulated urea transporter of rat kidney collecting ducts.
In mammals urea is the predominant end product of nitrogen metabolism and plays a central role in the urinary concentrating mechanism. In mammals urea is the predominant end product of nitrogen metabolism and plays a central role in the urinary concentrating mechanism. The slc14a1 gene codes for the ut b protein. Vigneron1 1department of radiology and biomedical imaging university of california san francisco san francisco california.