"Electrophorus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A genus of fish, in the family GYMNOTIFORMES, capable of producing an electric shock that immobilizes fish and other prey. The species Electrophorus electricus is also known as the electric eel, though it is not a true eel.
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D004593
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.150.900.493.378.430.250
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Identification of multiple species of calmodulin messenger RNA using a full length complementary DNA. J Biol Chem. 1983 Feb 10; 258(3):1684-8.
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A cloned calmodulin structural gene probe is complementary to DNA sequences from diverse species. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1981 Apr; 78(4):2330-4.
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Isolation of the structural gene for calmodulin. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1980; 356:110-8.