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Molecular basis of polycystic kidney disease: PKD1, PKD2 and PKHD1.
Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension - 1 May 2002
Harris Peter C
Abstract excerpt
Recent developments have helped elucidate the function of the autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease proteins, polycystin-1 and polycystin-2, and have revealed the primary defect in autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease, by positional cloning of the gene, PKHD1. Several studies demonstrating that polycystin-2 can act as a calcium-ion-permeable cation channel, and that polycystin-1 may be involved in...
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