The nicotinic acetylcholine receptor gene family of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans: An update on nomenclature

Invertebrate Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 129-131

  Jones, Andrew K ^a   Davis, Paul ^b   Hodgkin, Jonathan ^c   Sattelle, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Gene family; Ion channel; Nematode; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENES, HELMINTH; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 34249813137     PISSN: 13542516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10158-007-0049-z     Document Type: Article

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