In vivo structure-function analyses of Caenorhabditis elegans MEC-4, a candidate mechanosensory ion channel subunit

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 2575-2588

  Hong, Kyonsoo ^a,c   Mano, Itzhak ^a   Driscoll, Monica ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Degenerin; ENaC; MEC 4; Mechanosensation; Mechanotransduction; Mutagenesis; Na + channel; Neurodegeneration; Touch sensation

Indexed keywords

DEGENERIN; DNA; ION CHANNEL; PROTEIN; SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM ION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC MODEL; GENOME; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TOUCH;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0034175518     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-07-02575.2000     Document Type: Article

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