From genes to integrative physiology: Ion channel and transporter biology in Caenorhabditis elegans

Physiological Reviews

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 377-415

  Strange, Kevin ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ANION CHANNEL; CATION CHANNEL; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; INOSITOL 1,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE RECEPTOR; ION CHANNEL; NEUROTRANSMITTER; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PROTEIN; PROTEIN DAT 1; PROTEIN DEG; PROTEIN ENAC; PROTEIN VGAT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL CULTURE; DEG CHANNEL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENAC CHANNEL; GENE; GENE AVR 14; GENE CE NOMPC; GENE CED 11; GENE EAT 4; GENE EXP 2; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE GLC 1; GENE GON 2; GENE LOV 1; GENE MEC 10; GENE MEC 2; GENE MEC 4; GENE MEC 6; GENE OCR 2; GENE OSM 9; GENE PKD 2; GENE SILENCING; GENE SLO 1; GENE TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL; GENOME; GERM CELL; LIFE CYCLE; MECHANORECEPTOR; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE MICROSCOPY; REVIEW; RNA MEDIATED GENE INTERFERENCE L;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0037379385     PISSN: 00319333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00025.2002     Document Type: Review

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