The Pathophysiology of LETM

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 139, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 445-454

  Nowikovsky, Karin ^a   Pozzan, Tullio ^b,c   Rizzuto, Rosario ^b   Scorrano, Luca ^c,d   Bernardi, Paolo ^b,c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c VENETIAN INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; LETM1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; POTASSIUM PROTON EXCHANGE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; POTASSIUM-HYDROGEN ANTIPORTERS;

EID: 84863512330     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: 15407748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.201110757     Document Type: Article

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