Probing the Mechanism of Correction in ΔF508-CFTR

Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is caused by mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene, which cause loss function of the CFTR channel on the apical surface of epithelial cells. ΔF508-CFTR, the major mutation in patients, is misfolded, retained in the endoplasmic reticulum...

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Main Author: Yu, Wilson
Other Authors: Bear, Christine
Language:en_ca
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/31654