Click here to close Hello! We notice that you are using Internet Explorer, which is not supported by Xenbase and may cause the site to display incorrectly. We suggest using a current version of Chrome, FireFox, or Safari.
XB-ART-16030
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1997 Sep 16;9419:10249-54. doi: 10.1073/pnas.94.19.10249.
Show Gene links Show Anatomy links

Calx, a Na-Ca exchanger gene of Drosophila melanogaster.

Schwarz EM , Benzer S .


???displayArticle.abstract???
We have cloned Calx, a gene that encodes a Na-Ca exchanger of Drosophila melanogaster. Calx encodes two repeated motifs, Calx-alpha and Calx-beta, that overlap domains required for exchanger activity and regulation. Calx has multiple transcripts in adults, including at least one expressed in the retina. The Calx genomic locus comprises >/=35 kb between the Atpalpha and rudimentary-like genes in chromosomal region 93B. In Xenopus oocytes, microinjected Calx cRNA induces calcium uptake like that of its homolog, the 3Na+-1Ca2+ exchanger of mammalian heart. Implications of Calx-alpha motifs for the mechanism of Na-Ca exchange are discussed.

???displayArticle.pubmedLink??? 9294196
???displayArticle.pmcLink??? PMC23348
???displayArticle.link??? Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
???displayArticle.grants??? [+]


References [+] :
Altschul, Issues in searching molecular sequence databases. 1994, Pubmed