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SUBMITTER: Ouyang Q
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2940416 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ouyang Q Q Patel V V Vanderburgh J J Harris-Warrick R M RM
Neuroscience 20100802 3
Large conductance Ca(2+)-activated potassium (BK) channels play important roles in controlling neuronal excitability. We cloned the PISlo gene encoding BK channels from the spiny lobster, Panulirus interruptus. This gene shows 81-98% sequence identity to Slo genes previously found in other organisms. We isolated a number of splice variants of the PISlo cDNA within Panulirus interruptus nervous tissue. Sequence analysis indicated that there are at least seven alternative splice sites in PISlo, ea ...[more]