pH Homeostasis of cellular organelles.
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An optimal pH is maintained in each secretory and endocytic organelle by the balance between active H(+) pumping and passive H(+) efflux. The progressive acidification of secretory organelles does not reflect an increased proton pumping activity but rather the decreased conduction of a "proton leak" pathway resembling the recently cloned voltage-gated proton channels.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- News in physiological sciences : an international journal of physiology produced jointly by the International Union of Physiological Sciences and the American Physiological Society
دوره 17 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2002