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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Christoph Ogrodowczyk
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-21837 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Abramowski Pierre P Ogrodowczyk Christoph C Martin Roland R Pongs Olaf O
PloS one 20140902 9
Members of the P2X family of ligand-gated cation channels (P2RX) are expressed by various cell types including neurons, smooth- and cardiac muscle cells, and leukocytes. The channels mediate signalling in response to extracellular ATP. Seven subunit isoforms (P2RX1-P2RX7) have been identified and these can assemble as homo- and heterotrimeric molecules. In humans, P2RX5 exists as a natural deletion mutant lacking amino acids 328-349 of exon 10, which are part of transmembrane (TM) 2 and pre-TM2 ...[more]