Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator, a protein involved in the transport of chloride ions across cell membranes or the gene that encodes this protein.
CFTR |
CFTR directors include for Attorney General of the United States Ed Meese, former Reagan policy advisor Peter D. Hannaford, and Mari Maseng, former Reagan administration speechwriter and political consultant and the second wife of columnist George Will.
ABCC4; ABCC5; ABCC6; ABCC8; ABCC9; CFTR;
Tsui became internationally acclaimed in 1989 when he and his team identified the defective gene, namely Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR), that causes cystic fibrosis, which is a major breakthrough in human genetics.