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Ammonium excretion into urine is a major process essential to the regulation of acid-base homeostasis. We have shown that Rh-type proteins, including renal RhCG, belong to the Mep/Amt family of ammonium transporters and promote bi-directional ammonium transport upon heterologous expression in yeast. To study the physiological role of RhCG and to test a potential function in ammonium excretion, we have generated mice bearing an invalidation of the corresponding gene.
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Laboratoire de biologie du développement, institut de biologie et de médecine moléculaires, université libre de Bruxelles CP300, rue des professeurs Jeener-et-Brachet, 12, 6041 Gosselies, Belgium.
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