Sequence and transmembrane topology of MEC-4, an ion channel subunit required for mechanotransduction in Caenorhabditis elegans

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 133, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1071-1081

  Lai, C C ^a,c   Hong, K ^a   Kinnell, M ^a   Chalfie, M ^b   Driscoll, M ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Sherman Fairchild Ctr Biol Sci ^*  (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; ION CHANNEL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; MECHANORECEPTOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOMECHANICS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, HELMINTH; GENES, HELMINTH; GLYCOSYLATION; HELMINTH PROTEINS; ION CHANNELS; MECHANORECEPTORS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS BRIGGSAE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0030000861     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.133.5.1071     Document Type: Article

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