Phylogenetic conservation of disulfide-linked, dimeric acetylcholine receptor pentamers in southern ocean electric rays

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 3581-3590

  Tierney, M L ^a   Osborn, K E ^a   Milburn, P J ^b   Stowell, M H B ^c   Howitt, S M ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Biology and Environment   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptor; Clustering; Dimer; Electric fish; Hypnos monopterigium; Ligand gated ion channel; Narcine tasmaniensis; Torpedo macneilli; Torpedo marmorata

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIMERIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN BINDING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; TORPEDO; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; DIMERIZATION; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TORPEDO;

ELECTRIC FISH; HYPNOS; NARCINE; NARCINE TASMANIENSIS; SERPENTES; TORPEDINIDAE; TORPEDO; TORPEDO CALIFORNICA; TORPEDO MACNEILLI; TORPEDO MARMORATA;

EID: 6344294126     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01204     Document Type: Article

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