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G M Denning1, M P Anderson, J F Amara

  • 1Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City 52242.

Nature
|August 27, 1992
PubMed
まとめ

最も一般的なシスティック線維症変異であるCFTRデルタF508は,温度に敏感である. インキュベーション温度を下げることで,タンパク質処理の欠陥を修正し,プラズマ膜のcAMP調節されたクロライドチャネル機能を回復します.

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