title: Glutamate receptor channel signatures.
abstract: Genes encoding glutamate receptor channel subunits were identified in genomes from Drosophila melanogaster and Caenorhabditis elegans by homology search with amino acid sequences that participate in the conserved channel pore. The predicted sequences of the putative glutamate receptor subunits revealed a distinct channel pore signature for each receptor subtype and for most of them, related members were found in C. elegans and Drosophila.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Molecular Neuroscience, Max-Planck-Institute for Medical Research, Jahnstrasse 29, D-69120, Heidelberg, Germany. sprengel@mpimf-heidelberg.mpg.de
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sprengel
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Aronoff
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Völkner
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schmitt
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mosbach
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kuner
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000235:genetics; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000235:genetics; D015640:Ion Channel Gating; D007473:Ion Channels / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017470:Receptors, Glutamate / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D007473:Ion Channels; D017470:Receptors, Glutamate