Independent acquisition of sodium selectivity in bacterial and animal sodium channels

Current Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 21, 2013, Pages

  Liebeskind, Benjamin J ^a   Hillis, David M ^a   Zakon, Harold H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; GENETICS; LETTER; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; PHYLOGENY; SODIUM; SODIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 84887177730     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.09.025     Document Type: Letter

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