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Eel Electric Organ: Hyperexpressing Calmodulin System

Year: 1986

Type: article

Abstract: The electroplax of the electric eel Electrophorus electricus is the most abundant source of the calcium-binding protein calmodulin. The electroplax has 250 times the amount of calmodulin and its mRNA than eel skeletal muscle. Our data suggest that there is no major difference in gene copies, the degree of methylation, or genome rearrangement of the calmodulin gene in DNAs from eel electroplax and muscle. Differences in the calmodulin-binding proteins in electroplax and muscle suggest a differential role for the functional expression of calmodulin in cellular regulation.

Source: Molecular and Cellular Biology

DOI: 10.1128/mcb.6.3.950

Authors: R P Munjaal, C G Connor, R Turner, J R Dedman

Language: English

Topic: Ion channel regulation and function

Subfield: Molecular Biology

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of General Medical Sciences

Awards: G2533927271, G2735494325, G3993820159

OpenAlex ID: W2168438613

FWCI: 0.288

Cites: 39

Cited by: 9

Related to: 10