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The structural basis of cystic fibrosis.
Biochemical Society transactions - 19 Oct 2018
Meng Xin, Clews Jack, Martin Eleanor R, Ciuta Anca D, Ford Robert C
Abstract excerpt
CFTR (ABCC7) is a phospho-regulated chloride channel that is found in the apical membranes of epithelial cells, is gated by ATP and the activity of the protein is crucial in the homeostasis of the extracellular liquid layer in many organs [Annu. Rev. Biochem. (2008) 77, 701-726; Science (1989) 245, 1066-1073]. Mutations in CFTR cause the inherited disease cystic fibrosis (CF), the most common inherited condition...
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