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Voltage-Dependent Anion Channels
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Definition
: A family of voltage-gated eukaryotic porins that form aqueous channels. They play an essential role in mitochondrial CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY, are often regulated by BCL-2 PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS, and have been implicated in APOPTOSIS.
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Examples
Voltage-Dependent Anion Channel 1
;
Voltage-Dependent Anion Channel 2
Other names
Voltage Dependent, Anion Selective Channels; Voltage Dependent Anion Channels; Channels Voltage-
Dependent, Anion-
Selective; Anion-
Selective Channels Voltage-
Dependent; Anion Channels, Voltage-
Dependent; Voltage-
Dependent, Anion-
Selective Channels; VDAC Proteins; Pore Forming Protein VDAC
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VDAC3v protein, rat
0
*Voltage-Dependent Anion Channels.
Vdac3 protein, rat
0
*Mitochondrial Membrane Transport Proteins
*Voltage-Dependent Anion Channels.
VDAC3 protein, human
0
*Mitochondrial Membrane Transport Proteins
*Voltage-Dependent Anion Channels.
porin protein, Drosophila
0
*Drosophila Proteins
*Voltage-Dependent Anion Channels.
Vdac3 protein, mouse
0
*Mitochondrial Membrane Transport Proteins
*Voltage-Dependent Anion Channels.
Genomics 1996 Aug 15;36(1):192-6