Aminoglycoside antibiotics restore CFTR function by overcoming premature stop mutations

Nature Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 467-469

  Howard, Marybeth ^a,b   Frizzell, Raymond A ^a,b   Bedwell, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC G 418; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; CYCLIC AMP; GENTAMICIN; PHENYLALANINE; TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR;

ARTICLE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; GENTAMICINS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MUTATION; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC;

EID: 0029994529     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm0496-467     Document Type: Article

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