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Biophysical characterisation of calumenin as a charged F508del-CFTR folding modulator.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Tripathi Rashmi, Benz Nathalie, Culleton Bridget, Trouvé Pascal, Férec Claude
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The cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator (CFTR) is a cyclic-AMP dependent chloride channel expressed at the apical surface of epithelial cells lining various organs such as the respiratory tract. Defective processing and functioning of this protein caused by mutations in the CFTR gene results in loss of ionic balance, defective mucus clearance, increased proliferation of biofilms and inflammation of human...
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