WNK3 is a putative chloride-sensing kinase

Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1123-1134

  Pacheco Alvarez, Diana ^a   Gamba, Gerardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PANAMERICANA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Hypertension; Phosphatase; Salt transport; WNK

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CALYCULIN A; COTRANSPORTER; CYCLOSPORIN; GABAERGIC RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN KINASE WNK1; PROTEIN KINASE WNK4; SMALL CYTOPLASMIC RNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE COTRANSPORTER; THREONINE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CELL SWELLING; CELL VOLUME; CHROMOSOME 12; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; REVIEW; SODIUM TRANSPORT; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 83755225841     PISSN: 10158987     EISSN: 14219778     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000335848     Document Type: Review

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