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Conserved ectodomain cysteines are essential for rat P2X7 receptor trafficking.
Purinergic signalling - 1 Jun 2012
Jindrichova Marie, Kuzyk Pavlo, Li Shuo, Stojilkovic Stanko S, Zemkova Hana
Abstract excerpt
The P2X7 receptor (P2X7R) is a member of the ATP-gated ion channel family that exhibits distinct electrophysiological and pharmacological properties. This includes low sensitivity to ATP, lack of desensitization, a sustained current growth during prolonged receptor stimulation accompanied with development of permeability to large organic cations, and the coupling of receptor activation to cell blebbing and death....
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