Intracellular pH sensors: Design principles and functional significance

Physiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 30-39

  Srivastava, Jyoti ^a   Barber, Diane L ^a   Jacobson, Matthew P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; ANIMALS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 33847240145     PISSN: 15489213     EISSN: 15489221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiol.00035.2006     Document Type: Review

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