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XB-ART-8674
Biochim Biophys Acta 2001 Jul 30;15201:94-8. doi: 10.1016/s0167-4781(01)00244-5.
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An Alu cassette in the human epithelial sodium channel.

Oh YS , Lee S , Won C , Warnock DG .


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Here, we report the presence of two splice variants of the human epithelial sodium channel alpha subunit (h alpha ENaC) containing Alu cassette, namely h alpha ENaC+22 and h alpha ENaC+Alu, in various tissues. Functional expression of these splice variants with hENaC beta and gamma subunits produced loss-of-channel activity in the Xenopus oocyte expression system. Interestingly, coexpression of h alpha ENaC+22 or h alpha ENaC+Alu, respectively, with wild type hENaC alpha, beta, and gamma subunits enhanced the expression of amiloride-sensitive current in oocytes. The presence of Alu sequences in the 3'-untranslated region of h gamma ENaC was also identified.

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