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Rescuing cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR)-processing mutants by transcomplementation.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 25 May 2004
Cormet-Boyaka Estelle, Jablonsky Michael, Naren Anjaparavanda P, Jackson Patricia L, Muccio Donald D, Kirk Kevin L
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Most cases of cystic fibrosis (CF) are caused by mutations that block the biosynthetic maturation of the CF gene product, the CF transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) chloride channel. CFTR-processing mutants fail to escape the endoplasmic reticulum and are rapidly degraded. Current efforts to induce the maturation of CFTR mutants target components of the biosynthetic pathway (e.g., chaperones) rather than...
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