The Drosophila erg K+ channel polypeptide is encoded by the seizure locus

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 875-881

  Titus, Steven A ^a   Warmke, Jeffrey W ^a,b   Ganetzky, Barry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

eag family; HERG channels; hyperexcitability; K+ channels; LQT syndrome; neurogenetics; seizure mutation

Indexed keywords

POLYPEPTIDE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031030547     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-03-00875.1997     Document Type: Article

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