The genetic architecture of degenerin/epithelial sodium channels in drosophila

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 441-450

  Zelle, Kathleen M ^a   Lu, Beika ^a,b   Pyfrom, Sarah C ^a   Ben Shahar, Yehuda ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chemosensation; Degenerin epithelial; Fruit fly; Mechanosensation; Phylogeny; Sodium channel

Indexed keywords

DEGENERIN SODIUM CHANNEL; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; EPITHELIAL SODIUM CHANNEL; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PPK1 PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; SODIUM CHANNEL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CHEMOSENSATION; DEGENERIN/EPITHELIAL SODIUM CHANNEL; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOME; INSECT GENETICS; INSECT GENOME; LARVA; MECHANOSENSATION; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOSQUITO; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYNTENY;

ANIMALIA; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84883260126     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21601836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/g3.112.005272     Document Type: Article

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