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. 2013 Mar-Apr;7(2):71-3.
doi: 10.4161/chan.24163. Epub 2013 Mar 1.

CRACking the structure of Orai: new work reveals the intramolecular properties of a store-operated, calcium influx channel

Andrew P Braun  1
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CRACking the structure of Orai: new work reveals the intramolecular properties of a store-operated, calcium influx channel

Andrew P Braun. Channels (Austin). 2013 Mar-Apr.
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Keywords: CRAC channel; X-ray crystallography; pore structure; selectivity filter; stoichiometry.

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