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• Polycystin-L is a calcium-regulated cation channel permeable to calcium ions.

  Chen XZ, Vassilev PM, Basora N, Peng JB, Nomura H, Segal Y, Brown EM, Reeders ST, Hediger MA, Zhou J. Chen XZ, et al. Nature. 1999 Sep 23;401(6751):383-6. doi: 10.1038/43907. Nature. 1999. PMID: 10517637
• A polycystic kidney-disease gene homologue required for male mating behaviour in C. elegans.

  Barr MM, Sternberg PW. Barr MM, et al. Nature. 1999 Sep 23;401(6751):386-9. doi: 10.1038/43913. Nature. 1999. PMID: 10517638