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Disease Associated Mutations in KIR Proteins Linked to Aberrant Inward Rectifier Channel Trafficking.
Biomolecules - 25 Oct 2019
Zangerl-Plessl Eva-Maria, Qile Muge, Bloothooft Meye, Stary-Weinzinger Anna, van der Heyden Marcel A G
Abstract excerpt
The ubiquitously expressed family of inward rectifier potassium (KIR) channels, encoded by KCNJ genes, is primarily involved in cell excitability and potassium homeostasis. Channel mutations associate with a variety of severe human diseases and syndromes, affecting many organ systems including the central and peripheral neural system, heart, kidney, pancreas, and skeletal muscle. A number of mutations associate...
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