Evolutionary convergence of alternative splicing in ion channels

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 171-176

  Copley, Richard R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION; ION CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EXON; GENOMICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 1642385302     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2004.02.001     Document Type: Short Survey

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