Article
An ion channel of the degenerin/epithelial sodium channel superfamily controls the defecation rhythm in Caenorhabditis elegans.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 29 Sept 1998
Take-Uchi M, Kawakami M, Ishihara T, Amano T, Kondo K, Katsura I
Abstract excerpt
Ultradian rhythms are widespread phenomena found in various biological organisms. A typical example is the defecation behavior of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, which repeats at about 45-sec intervals. To elucidate the mechanism, we studied flr-1 mutants, which show very short defecation cy...
Topics
- Activity Cycles
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Caenorhabditis elegans
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA Primers
- Defecation
- Fluorides
- Genes, Helminth
- Genes, Reporter
- Green Fluorescent Proteins
- Intestines
- Ion Channels
- Luminescent Proteins