Dosage effects of a Drosophila sodium channel gene on behavior and axonal excitability.

doi:10.1093/genetics/124.1.133

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Dosage effects of a Drosophila sodium channel gene on behavior and axonal excitability.

Genetics - 1 Jan 1990

Stern M, Kreber R, Ganetzky B

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The effects of para mutations on behavior and axonal excitability in Drosophila suggested that para specifically affects sodium channels. This hypothesis was confirmed by molecular analysis of the para locus, which demonstrates that the encoded para product is a sodium channel polypeptide. Here w...

Topics

Animals
Axons
Behavior, Animal
Chromosome Mapping
Dosage Compensation, Genetic
Drosophila
Electrophysiology
Genes
Genetic Complementation Test
Genotype
Membrane Proteins
Mutation
Phenotype
Sodium Channels
Suppression, Genetic
Temperature

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