The potassium channel KCNJ13 is essential for smooth muscle cytoskeletal organization during mouse tracheal tubulogenesis
Wenguang Yin, Hyun-Taek Kim, Shengpeng Wang, Felix Gunawan, Lei Wang, Keishi Kishimoto, Hua Zhong, Dany Roman, Jens Preussner, Stefan Günther, Viola Graef, Carmen Buettner, Beate Grohmann, Mario Looso, Mitsuru Morimoto, , Didier Y. R. Stainier
This study identifies KCNJ13 as critical for tracheal tubulogenesis by maintaining ion homeostasis and actin polymerization in smooth muscle cells.
Nature Communications · Jul 13, 2018Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology