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Detection of Serum Proteins within the Renal Collecting Tubule Cells of the Potassiurn-deficient Rat

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IN potassium-deficient rats characteristic granules appear within the cytoplasm of the collecting tubule cells; the origin and nature of the granules have not been established. By labelling the serum proteins with the dye T-1824 it has been examined whether or not they might be made up, at least in part, of serum protein entering from the tubular lumen.

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MORRISON, A., GARDNER, K. Detection of Serum Proteins within the Renal Collecting Tubule Cells of the Potassiurn-deficient Rat. Nature 190, 96–97 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/190096a0

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