Unmasking of a novel potassium current in Drosophila by a mutation and drugs

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 6838-6843

  Singh, Amandeep ^a,b,c   Singh, Satpal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b Williamsville North High School   (United States)

^c Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Delayed rectifier; Drosophila; K+ channels; Larval muscles; Quinidine; Shab

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM ION; QUINIDINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; GENE MUTATION; LARVA; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DROSOPHILA;

EID: 0033566923     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-16-06838.1999     Document Type: Article

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