avr-15 encodes a chloride channel subunit that mediates inhibitory glutamatergic neurotransmission and ivermectin sensitivity in Caenorhabditis elegans

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 19, 1997, Pages 5867-5879

  Dent, Joseph A ^a   Davis, M Wayne ^a   Avery, Leon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Avermectins; Caenorhabditis elegans; Channel; Glutamate; Helminth

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; GLUTAMIC ACID; IVERMECTIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SENSITIVITY; HYPERPOLARIZATION; LIGAND BINDING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHLORIDE CHANNELS; GLUTAMIC ACID; IONTOPHORESIS; IVERMECTIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PHARYNX; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; VERMES;

EID: 0030824367     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.19.5867     Document Type: Article

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