Pore region of K+ channel RACTK1
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Transcriptional activation of RACTK1 K+ channel gene by apical alkalization in renal cortical collecting duct cells.
We have previously demonstrated that RACTK1 cDNA encodes a pH sensitive K+ channel expressed in the apical side of renal collecting tubule cells. To determine whether extracellular pH induces the RACTK1 gene expression in the renal cortical collecting duct (CCD) cells, we measured mRNA of the RACTK1 using cultured rabbit CCD cells. Alkalization of incubation medium activated the transcription o...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nature
سال: 1994
ISSN: 0028-0836,1476-4687
DOI: 10.1038/369616b0