The cys-loop ligand-gated ion channel gene superfamily of the red flour beetle, tribolium castaneum

BMC Genomics

Volumn 8, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Jones, Andrew K ^a   Sattelle, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; GLUTAMIC ACID; HISTAMINE; ION CHANNEL; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PROTEIN CG12344; PROTEIN CG8916; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; PROTEOME; RNA; TCAS ALPHA 6; TCAS BETA 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CYSTEINE; HISTIDINE;

ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EXON; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HONEYBEE; INSECT GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RNA EDITING; RNA SPLICING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRIBOLIUM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; COLEOPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HELIOTHIS VIRESCENS; HEXAPODA; TRIBOLIUM (BEETLE); TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CYSTEINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HISTIDINE; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRIBOLIUM;

EID: 36049014434     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-8-327     Document Type: Article

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