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The chloride channel ClC-4 contributes to endosomal acidification and trafficking.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 1 Aug 2003
Mohammad-Panah Raha, Harrison Rene, Dhani Sonja, Ackerley Cameron, Huan Ling-Jun, Wang Yanchun, Bear Christine E
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Mutations in the gene coding for the chloride channel ClC-5 cause Dent's disease, a disease associated with proteinuria and renal stones. Studies in ClC-5 knockout mice suggest that this phenotype is related to defective endocytosis of low molecular weight proteins and membrane proteins by the renal proximal tubule. In this study, confocal micrographs of proximal tubules and cultured epithelial cells revealed...
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