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Preferred term

Anoctamin-1  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • An anoctamin chloride channel expressed at high levels in the liver, skeletal muscle, and gastrointestinal muscles that functions in transepithelial anion transport and smooth muscle contraction. It is essential for the function of the INTERSTITIAL CELLS OF CAJAL and plays a major role in chloride conduction by airway epithelial cells and in tracheal cartilage development.

Broader concept

Synonym(s)

  • TMEM16A Protein
  • Transmembrane Protein 16A

In other languages

  • French

  • Protéine TMEM16A
  • Protéine transmembranaire 16A

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-J1G4JKWC-T

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