A functional gene can be located through the use of an expressed sequence tag (EST)

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The changes in osmolality and volume in the collecting ducts depend on the amount of vasopressin acting on the ducts.

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The key to the action of vasopressin on the collecting ducts is aquaporin-2 & stored in vesicles in the cytoplasm of principal cells

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The effect is mediated via the vasopressin V2 receptor, cyclic adenosine 5-monophosphate (cAMP) & protein kinase A

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Medullary collecting duct is permeable to urea, and there are special urea transporters that facilitate urea diffusion across the luminal and basolateral membranes

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The concentrating mechanism depends upon the maintenance of a gradient of increasing osmolality along the medullary pyramids