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  1. Renal Division, Department of Medicine, and Department of Physiology, Emory University, Woodruff Memorial Research Building, 1639 Pierce Drive, NE, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA

    Mitsi A. Blount, Janet D. Klein & Jeff M. Sands

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Blount, M.A., Klein, J.D., Sands, J.M. (2018). UT (Urea Transporter). In: Choi, S. (eds) Encyclopedia of Signaling Molecules. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67199-4_199

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