The anoctamin (TMEM16) gene family: Calcium-activated chloride channels come of age

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 175-176

  Winpenny, John P ^a   Gray, Michael A ^a  

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Indexed keywords

ANOCTAMIN 1; CALCIUM ACTIVATED CHLORIDE CHANNEL; CALCIUM CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE II; CALMODULIN; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CALCIUM BINDING; CATALYST; CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR MOUSE; EDITORIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENZYME REGULATION; EPITHELIUM; EXON SKIPPING; HEART MUSCLE EXCITABILITY; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; SMELLING; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TASTE;

EID: 84856465749     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: 1469445X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2011.058214     Document Type: Editorial

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