Calcium-activated potassium channel of the tobacco horn worm, Manduca sexta: Molecular characterization and expression analysis

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 4167-4179

  Keyser, Matthew R ^a   Witten, Jane L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental regulation; Gene expression; Slowpoke; Tissue specific expression

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PRIMER DNA;

AGE; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETICS; LEPIDOPTERA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUSCLE; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AGE FACTORS; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE COMPONENTS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MANDUCA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, CALCIUM-ACTIVATED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MANDUCA; MANDUCA SEXTA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 28444461078     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01857     Document Type: Article

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