PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Becker, MN
AU  - Brenner, R
AU  - Atkinson, NS
TI  - Tissue-specific expression of a Drosophila calcium-activated potassium channel
AID  - 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.15-09-06250.1995
DP  - 1995 Sep 01
TA  - The Journal of Neuroscience
PG  - 6250--6259
VI  - 15
IP  - 9
4099  - http://www.jneurosci.org/content/15/9/6250.short
4100  - http://www.jneurosci.org/content/15/9/6250.full
SO  - J. Neurosci.1995 Sep 01; 15
AB  - The Drosophila slowpoke (slo) gene encodes a subunit of a CAK channel homologous to the vertebrate BK channel. We have examined slo expression throughout development. It is expressed in muscle cells, neurons of the CNS and PNS, mushroom bodies, a limited number of cells in embryonic and larval midgut and in epithelial-derived tracheal cells. The promoter has been cloned and shown to direct expression in the same pattern as the endogenous gene in both neural and epithelial- derived cells. During pupariation and embryogenesis, slo is expressed in muscles many hours prior to the appearance of functional channels.