Article
Reduced transmitter release conferred by mutations in the slowpoke-encoded Ca2(+)-activated K+ channel gene of Drosophila.
Invertebrate neuroscience : IN - 1 Jun 1996
Warbington L, Hillman T, Adams C, Stern M
Abstract excerpt
Potassium channels control the repolarization of nerve terminals and thus play important roles in the control of synaptic transmission. Here we describe the effects of mutations in the slowpoke gene, which is the structural gene for a calcium activated potassium channel, on transmitter release at...
Topics
- 4-Aminopyridine
- Animals
- Calcium
- Drosophila Proteins
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Electrophysiology
- Ether-A-Go-Go Potassium Channels
- Female
- Genes, Insect
- Large-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels
- Male
- Mutation
- Neurotransmitter Agents
- Osmolar Concentration
- Potassium Channels
- Potassium Channels, Calcium-Activated
- Shaker Superfamily of Potassium Channels
- Synaptic Transmission