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Characteristic attributes limiting the transport rates in NCX orthologs

Bosmat Refaeli1, Reuben Hiller1, Daniel Khananshvili1

  • 1Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv 69978, Israel.

Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta. Biomembranes
|September 28, 2021
PubMed

Keywords:
Ion-coordinating residuesNCXSodium‑calcium exchangerTransport rates

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