Phase coupling of a circadian neuropeptide with rest/activity rhythms detected using a membrane-tethered spider toxin

PLoS Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2512-2529

  Wu, Ying ^a   Cao, Guan ^a,b   Pavlicek, Beth ^a   Luo, Xuan ^a   Nitabach, Michael N ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; ION CHANNEL; NEUROPEPTIDE; SPIDER VENOM; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; PDF PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL MEMBRANE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OSCILLATION; PIGMENTATION; REST; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; XENOPUS; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION (PROCESS);

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; BLATTARIA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; OOCYTES; SODIUM CHANNELS; SPIDER VENOMS; XENOPUS;

EID: 56849113523     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060273     Document Type: Article

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