Mechanism of chloride permeation in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator chloride channel
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Chloride channel and chloride conductance regulator domains of CFTR, the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator.
CFTR is a cyclic AMP (cAMP)-activated chloride (Cl-) channel and a regulator of outwardly rectifying Cl- channels (ORCCs) in airway epithelia. CFTR regulates ORCCs by facilitating the release of ATP out of cells. Once released from cells, ATP stimulates ORCCs by means of a purinergic receptor. To define the domains of CFTR important for Cl- channel function and/or ORCC regulator function, mutan...
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عنوان ژورنال: Experimental Physiology
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0958-0670
DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2005.031757