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Functional analysis of two Kir6.2 (KCNJ11) mutations, K170T and E322K, causing neonatal diabetes.
Diabetes, obesity & metabolism - 1 Nov 2007
Tarasov A I, Girard C A, Larkin B, Tammaro P, Flanagan S E, Ellard S, Ashcroft F M
Abstract excerpt
Heterozygous activating mutations in Kir6.2 (KCNJ11), the pore-forming subunit of the adenosine triphosphate (ATP)-sensitive potassium (K(ATP)) channel, are a common cause of neonatal diabetes (ND). We assessed the functional effects of two Kir6.2 mutations associated with ND: K170T and E322K. K(ATP) channels were expressed in Xenopus oocytes, and the heterozygous state was simulated by coexpression of wild-type...
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