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Calreticulin is essential for cardiac development.
The Journal of cell biology - 8 Mar 1999
Mesaeli N, Nakamura K, Zvaritch E, Dickie P, Dziak E, Krause K H, Opas M, MacLennan D H, Michalak M
Abstract excerpt
Calreticulin is a ubiquitous Ca2+ binding protein, located in the endoplasmic reticulum lumen, which has been implicated in many diverse functions including: regulation of intracellular Ca2+ homeostasis, chaperone activity, steroid-mediated gene regulation, and cell adhesion. To understand the physiological function of calreticulin we used gene targeting to create a knockout mouse for calreticulin. Mice...
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