Mutations in the α1 subunit of an L-type voltage-activated Ca2+ channel cause myotonia in Caenorhabditis elegans

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 6066-6076

  Raymond, Y N Lee ^a,c   Lobel, Leslie ^b,d   Hengartner, Michael ^b,e   Horvitz, H Robert ^b   Avery, Leon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^e Watson School of Biological Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal behavior; Caenorhabditis elegans; Muscle excitation; Myotonia; Voltage activated calcium channel

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; CALCIUM; EGL 19 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; EGL-19 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; HELMINTH PROTEIN; MUSCLE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; EMBRYO; GENE MUTATION; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MYOTONIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SLOW MUSCLE; ACTION POTENTIAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHANNEL GATING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE; GENETICS; LETHAL GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUTATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; VERTEBRATA;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENES, HELMINTH; GENES, LETHAL; HELMINTH PROTEINS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUTATION; MYOTONIA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 1842336264     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.20.6066     Document Type: Article

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