Evolutionary relationship of the ligand-gated ion channels and the avermectin-sensitive, glutamate-gated chloride channels

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 501-508

  Vassilatis, Demetrios K ^a,b,c   Elliston, Keith O ^c   Paress, Philip S ^a   Hamelin, Michel ^a   Arena, Joseph P ^c   Schaeffer, James M ^c   Van Der Ploeg, Lex H T ^a   Cully, Doris F ^a  

^a Biostatist and Res Data Systems   (United States)

^b College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Avermectin; Caenorhabditis elegans; Glutamate; Phylogenetics

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLYCINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; ION CHANNEL; LIGAND;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; PHYLOGENY; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHLORIDE CHANNELS; GENES, HELMINTH; GLUTAMIC ACID; ION CHANNEL GATING; IVERMECTIN; LIGANDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0030989317     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006174     Document Type: Article

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