Molecular separation of two behavioral phenotypes by a mutation affecting the promoters of a Ca-activated K channel

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 2988-2993

  Atkinson, Nigel S ^a   Brenner, Robert ^a   Chang, Whei Meih ^a   Wilbur, Jennette ^a   Larimer, James L ^a   Yu, Joyce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Calcium activated potassium channel; Drosophila; Flight; Potassium channel; Regulation of transcription; Tissue specific transcription

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; RNA;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; FLIGHT MUSCLE; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0034655173     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-08-02988.2000     Document Type: Article

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