Article
unc-68 encodes a ryanodine receptor involved in regulating C. elegans body-wall muscle contraction.
The Journal of cell biology - 1 Aug 1996
Maryon E B, Coronado R, Anderson P
Abstract excerpt
Striated muscle contraction is elicited by the release of stored calcium ions through ryanodine receptor channels in the sarcoplasmic reticulum. ryr-1 is a C. elegans ryanodine receptor homologue that is expressed in body-wall muscle cells used for locomotion. Using genetic methods, we show that...
Topics
- Animals
- Caenorhabditis elegans
- Calcium Channels
- Chromosome Mapping
- DNA Transposable Elements
- DNA, Helminth
- Genes, Helminth
- Microsomes
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Muscle Contraction
- Muscle Proteins
- Muscle, Skeletal
- Mutation
- Ryanodine
- Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel