Multiple potassium-channel components are produced by alternative splicing at the Shaker locus in Drosophila.
At least four probable components of potassium channels are encoded at the Drosophila Shaker locus, by a family of alternatively spliced transcripts. Alternative splicing may provide one mechanism of generating the remarkable diversity of potassium channels.
D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D004274:DNA, Recombinant; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000235:genetics*; D007473:Ion Channels / Q000502:physiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D011188:Potassium / Q000378:metabolism*; D011506:Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D012326:RNA Splicing; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
D004274:DNA, Recombinant; D007473:Ion Channels; D011506:Proteins; D004247:DNA; D011188:Potassium