Shaw and Shal voltage‐gated potassium channels mediate circadian changes in Drosophila clock neuron excitability
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Function of the Shaw Potassium Channel within the Drosophila Circadian Clock
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Physiology
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0022-3751,1469-7793
DOI: 10.1113/jp278826