Cloning and in silico investigation of a putative voltage-gated calcium channel gene and protein in Astacus leptodactylus

Abstract

Voltage-gated calcium channels are essential elements in development of many cellular processes like electrical signaling, contraction secretion and gene expression. There has been a fair amount of information about the functional and structural properties of the calcium channels in mammalian species. Crayfish serves as a model animal for many types of experiments. However, there has been no information related to the molecular and genetic properties of the calcium channels in the crayfish.

Keywords

• cloning
• calcium channel
• modeling
• docking
• crayfish