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Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels: Evolutionary History and Distinctive Sequence Features

M A Kasimova1, D Granata1, V Carnevale1

  • 1Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, United States.

Current Topics in Membranes
|September 3, 2016
PubMed

Keywords:
Direct coupling analysisInformation theoryPhylogenetic analysisSodium channelsSodium selectivityTransient receptor potential channelsVoltage-gated potassium channels

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