Alternative splicing in the voltage-gated sodium channel DmNav regulates activation, inactivation, and persistent current

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1994-2006

  Lin, Wei Hsiang ^a   Wright, Duncan E ^a   Muraro, Nara I ^a   Baines, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; DMNAV GENE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO; EXON; GENE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SODIUM CURRENT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; XENOPUS;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OOCYTES; SODIUM CHANNELS; TRANSFECTION; XENOPUS;

EID: 70349276778     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00613.2009     Document Type: Article

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