The evolution of the four subunits of voltage-gated calcium channels: Ancient roots, increasing complexity, and multiple losses

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2210-2217

  Moran, Yehu ^a   Zakon, Harold H ^b,c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cnidaria; Evolution of nervous system; Ion channel; Nematostella vectensis; Voltage gated calcium channel

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN SUBUNIT; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SEA ANEMONE;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SEA ANEMONES;

EID: 84924100177     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evu177     Document Type: Article

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