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Defective epithelial chloride transport in a gene-targeted mouse model of cystic fibrosis.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 21 Aug 1992
Clarke L L, Grubb B R, Gabriel S E, Smithies O, Koller B H, Boucher R C
Abstract excerpt
The cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene encodes an adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate (cyclic AMP)-activated chloride channel. In cystic fibrosis (CF) patients, loss of CFTR function because of a genetic mutation results in defective cyclic AMP-mediated chloride secretion across epithelia. Because of their potential role as an animal model for CF, mice with targeted disruption of the murine...
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