A Novel Na+ channel splice form contributes to the regulation of an androgen-dependent social signal

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 37, 2008, Pages 9173-9182

  Liu, He ^a   Wu, Ming Ming ^a   Zakon, Harold H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen; Electric organ; Neuroethology; Oocyte; Sodium channel; Splice variant

Indexed keywords

UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL 1.4B; ANDROGEN; PROLINE; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FISH; GENE DELETION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC CODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SODIUM CURRENT; SPLICING DEFECT; STEADY STATE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; BIOPHYSICS; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CHANNEL GATING; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRIC ORGAN; FEMALE; FISH; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OOCYTE; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; XENOPUS;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANDROGENS; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOPHYSICS; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; FEMALE; FISHES; ION CHANNEL GATING; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OOCYTES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PROLINE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SODIUM CHANNELS; XENOPUS; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 55249094647     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2783-08.2008     Document Type: Article

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