The L-type voltage-dependent Ca2+ channel EGL-19 controls body wall muscle function in Caenorhabditis elegans

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 337-347

  Jospin, Maëlle ^a   Jacquemond, Vincent ^a   Mariol, Marie Christine ^b   Ségalat, Laurent ^b   Allard, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b CENTRE DE GÉNÉTIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Ca2+ currents; Egl 19; Excitation contraction coupling; Muscle

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; CALCIUM ION; NIFEDIPINE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION;

ACTION POTENTIAL; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CALCIUM CURRENT; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL KINETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGL 19 GENE; FLUORESCENCE; GENETIC MODEL; LOCOMOTION; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE WAVE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0037191076     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200203055     Document Type: Article

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