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Function and regulation of TRPP2 at the plasma membrane.
American journal of physiology. Renal physiology - 1 Jul 2009
Tsiokas Leonidas
Abstract excerpt
The vast majority (approximately 99%) of all known cases of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) are caused by naturally occurring mutations in two separate, but genetically interacting, loci, pkd1 and pkd2. pkd1 encodes a large multispanning membrane protein (PKD1) of unknown function, while pkd2 encodes a protein (TRPP2, polycystin-2, or PKD2) of the transient receptor potential (TRP)...
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