Evolution of voltage-gated ion channels at the emergence of Metazoa

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 218, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 515-525

  Moran, Yehu ^a   Barzilai, Maya Gur ^b   Liebeskind, Benjamin J ^c   Zakon, Harold H ^c,d  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal evolution; Ion selectivity; Voltage gated ion channels

Indexed keywords

ACTINIARIA; ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; BILATERIA; CNIDARIA; HYDROZOA; METAZOA; SCYPHOZOA;

ION CHANNEL;

ANIMAL; CELL MEMBRANE; CHANNEL GATING; EVOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84926381833     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: 14779145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.110270     Document Type: Review

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