Seminars in Nephrology
Volume 26, Issue 3 , Pages 200-208 , May 2006

Roles of Aquaporins in Kidney Revealed by Transgenic Mice

  • A.S. Verkman

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Alan S. Verkman, MD, PhD, 1246 Health Sciences East Tower, Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143-0521.

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 Supported by grants DK35124, DK72517, EY13574, EB00415, HL59198, and HL73856 from the National Institutes of Health, and Research Development Program and Drug Discovery grants from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

PII: S0270-9295(06)00013-1

doi: 10.1016/j.semnephrol.2006.02.002

Seminars in Nephrology
Volume 26, Issue 3 , Pages 200-208 , May 2006

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