2017
Molecular basis of tactile specialization in the duck bill
Schneider ER, Anderson EO, Mastrotto M, Matson JD, Schulz VP, Gallagher PG, LaMotte RH, Gracheva EO, Bagriantsev SN. Molecular basis of tactile specialization in the duck bill. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2017, 114: 13036-13041. PMID: 29109250, PMCID: PMC5724259, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1708793114.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsAvian ProteinsBeakChickensCloning, MolecularDucksEmbryo, NonmammalianGene ExpressionGenetic VectorsHEK293 CellsHumansIon ChannelsKineticsMechanoreceptorsMechanotransduction, CellularMicePatch-Clamp TechniquesRecombinant ProteinsRNA, Small InterferingSequence Homology, Amino AcidSpecies SpecificityTouchTouch PerceptionTrigeminal GanglionConceptsMolecular basisHeterologous expression systemSpecialist birdsMouse orthologPiezo2 ion channelsTactile specializationExpression systemDuck billMolecular characterizationIon channelsFeeding behaviorEdible matterPiezo2BirdsElectrophysiological characterizationSlow inactivation kineticsOrthologsVertebratesMechanoMechanotransductionKnockdownInactivation kineticsMurky watersHigh densityNeurons
2000
Genomic organization and chromosomal localization of the murine 2 P domain potassium channel gene Kcnk8: conservation of gene structure in 2 P domain potassium channels
Bockenhauer D, Nimmakayalu M, Ward D, Goldstein S, Gallagher P. Genomic organization and chromosomal localization of the murine 2 P domain potassium channel gene Kcnk8: conservation of gene structure in 2 P domain potassium channels. Gene 2000, 261: 365-372. PMID: 11167025, DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1119(00)00492-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsBase SequenceChromosome MappingDNADNA, ComplementaryElectrophysiologyExonsGenesIn Situ Hybridization, FluorescenceIntronsMiceMolecular Sequence DataOocytesPhylogenyPotassium ChannelsPotassium Channels, Tandem Pore DomainProtein Structure, TertiaryRNA, ComplementarySequence Analysis, DNAXenopus laevisConceptsPotassium channel genesDomain potassium channelsChromosomal localizationGene structureOocyte expression systemCDNA sequenceXenopus laevis oocyte expression systemExpression systemChannel genesPotential transmembrane helicesIntron/exon boundariesSingle EF-hand motifOpen reading framePotassium channelsEF-hand motifsEvolutionary conservationGenomic organizationCellular chaperonesGenomic structureComposite cDNAPotential SH3Transmembrane helicesGenome databaseChromosomal genesReading frame