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- Title
ClC and CFTR chloride channel gating.
- Authors
Foskett, J K
- Abstract
Chloride channels are widely expressed and play important roles in cell volume regulation, transepithelial transport, intracellular pH regulation, and membrane excitability. Most chloride channels have yet to be identified at a molecular level. The ClC gene family and the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) are distinct chloride channels expressed in many cell types, and mutations in their genes are the cause of several diseases including myotonias, cystic fibrosis, and kidney stones. Because of their molecular definition and roles in disease, these channels have been studied intensively over the past several years. The focus of this review is on recent studies that have provided new insights into the mechanisms governing the opening and closing, i.e. gating, of the ClC and CFTR chloride channels.
- Publication
Annual review of physiology, 1998, Vol 60, p689
- ISSN
0066-4278
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1146/annurev.physiol.60.1.689