... putatively encoding a 403-residue protein, the turtle urea transporter (turtle UT). The first cloned reptilian UT has high homology with UTs (facilitated urea transporters) cloned from vertebrates, and most closely resembles the UT-A subfamily. Injection of turtle UT cRNA into Xenopus oocytes induced a 6...

... from both species. The antagonist profiles of the crustacean receptors could not be compared to other arthropod orthologs, as 5-HT 2β receptors have only been cloned from crustaceans,though they have been found in the fruit fly, honey bee and mosquito sequence databases. A Drosophila paralog...

...H.-W. Kim; E. S. Chang; D. L. Mykles SUMMARY Crustacean muscle has four calpain-like proteinase activities (CDP I, IIa,IIb and III) that are involved in molt-induced claw muscle atrophy, as they degrade myofibrillar proteins in vitro and in situ . Using PCR cloning techniques, three full-length...

... electron microscopic studies. Generally receptor sequestration follows its desensitization, which is initiated by receptor phosphorylation by G-protein-coupled receptor kinase. We cloned and sequenced the gene fragment of 407 nucleotides homologous to theβ-adrenergic receptor kinase (βARK): its deduced...

... channel α-subunit gene ( Scn9a ) from Schwann cells maps to the Scn1a , Scn2a , Scn3a cluster of mouse chromosome 2. Genomics 36 , 202 –205. Belcher, S. M., Zerillo, C. A., Levenson, R., Ritchie, J. M. and Howe, J. R. ( 1995 ). Cloning of a sodium channel α subunit from rabbit Schwann cells...

... to be restricted to the retina. ‡Author for correspondence at address 3 (e-mail: bo.holmqvist@pat.lu.se ) 19 4 2001 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2001 2001 pineal organ retina fish cloning mRNA in situ hybridisation. The pineal organ is a component of the vertebrate...

...Michiko Takahashi; Brian Billups; David Rossi; Monique Sarantis; Martine Hamann; David Attwell ABSTRACT Glutamate transporters in neurones and glia, four of which have been cloned from mammals, play a crucial role in controlling the extracellular glutamate concentration in the brain. In normal...