A sensory neuron-specific, proton-gated ion channel
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A sensory neuron-specific, proton-gated ion channel.
Proton-gated channels expressed by sensory neurons are of particular interest because low pH causes pain. Two proton-gated channels, acid-sensing ionic channel (ASIC) and dorsal root ASIC (DRASIC), that are members of the amiloride-sensitive ENaC/Degenerin family are known to be expressed by sensory neurons. Here, we describe the cloning and characterization of an ASIC splice variant, ASIC-beta...
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0027-8424,1091-6490
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.95.17.10240