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Bile salt export pump is highly conserved during vertebrate evolution and its expression is inhibited by PFIC type II mutations.
American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology - 1 Aug 2001
Cai S Y, Wang L, Ballatori N, Boyer J L
Abstract excerpt
Bile secretion is a fundamental function of the liver of all vertebrates and is generated by ATP-dependent transport proteins at the canalicular membrane of hepatocytes, particularly by the bile salt export pump BSEP. To determine the evolutionary origin and structure-function relationship of thi...
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