PAK paradox: Paramecium appears to have more K+-channel genes than humans

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 737-745

  Haynes, W John ^a   Ling, Kit Yin ^a   Saimi, Yoshiro ^a   Kung, Ching ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLS, CULTURED; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARAMECIUM; PHYLOGENY; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARCHAEA; CILIOPHORA; EUKARYOTA; METAZOA; PARAMECIUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0042733022     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.2.4.737-745.2003     Document Type: Article

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