SLO BK Potassium Channels Couple Gap Junctions to Inhibition of Calcium Signaling in Olfactory Neuron Diversification

Amel Alqadah; Yi-Wen Hsieh; Jennifer A. Schumacher; Xiaohong Wang; Sean A. Merrill; Grethel Millington; Brittany Bayne; Erik M. Jorgensen; Chiou-Fen Chuang

doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1005654

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SLO BK Potassium Channels Couple Gap Junctions to Inhibition of Calcium Signaling in Olfactory Neuron Diversification

Amel Alqadah ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Amel Alqadah, Yi-Wen Hsieh

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Molecular and Developmental Biology Graduate Program, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
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Yi-Wen Hsieh ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Amel Alqadah, Yi-Wen Hsieh

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Jennifer A. Schumacher,

Affiliation Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Research Foundation, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
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Xiaohong Wang,

Affiliation Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Research Foundation, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
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Sean A. Merrill,

Affiliation Department of Biology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
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Grethel Millington,

Affiliation Molecular and Developmental Biology Graduate Program, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
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Brittany Bayne,

Affiliation Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Research Foundation, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
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Erik M. Jorgensen,

Affiliation Department of Biology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
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Chiou-Fen Chuang

* E-mail: chioufen.chuang@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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SLO BK Potassium Channels Couple Gap Junctions to Inhibition of Calcium Signaling in Olfactory Neuron Diversification

Amel Alqadah,
Yi-Wen Hsieh,
Jennifer A. Schumacher,
Xiaohong Wang,
Sean A. Merrill,
Grethel Millington,
Brittany Bayne,
Erik M. Jorgensen,
Chiou-Fen Chuang

Published: January 15, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1005654

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