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NOX Family NADPH Oxidases
Proton channels allow cells to extrude excess acid with a high efficiency and therefore are one of the important homeostatic mechanisms that maintain the intracellular pH in a range compatible with life. Proton currents are highly expressed in phagocytes where they are thought to contribute to charge and pH compensation during NADPH oxidase activation. By analogy with the cytochrome C oxidase o...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of General Physiology
سال: 2002
ISSN: 1540-7748,0022-1295
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.20028713