Genetic and pharmacological identification of ion channels central to the Drosophila cardiac pacemaker

Journal of Neurogenetics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-24

  Johnson, Erik ^a   Ringo, John ^a   Bray, Nancy ^a   Dowse, Harold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Eag; Heart dorsal vessel; Insect; Ion channels; Mutants; Pacemaker currents; Sh; Slo

Indexed keywords

AMILORIDE; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ION; CHARYBDOTOXIN; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; CHLORIDE CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CHLORIDE ION; DILTIAZEM; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ION CHANNEL; MEFENAMIC ACID; NIFLUMIC ACID; OMEGA CONOTOXIN MVIIC; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; POTASSIUM ION; RINGER SOLUTION; SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; SODIUM ION; TETRODOTOXIN; TETRYLAMMONIUM; VERAPAMIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEART BEAT; HEART RATE; HEART RHYTHM; ION CURRENT; LARVA; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS NODE; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0031858797     PISSN: 01677063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01677069809108552     Document Type: Article

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