GENES ENCODING A FAMILY OF POTASSIUM CHANNELS

摘要

This invention relates generally to the potassium channel gene family. More particularly, the present invention relates to the cloning and characterization of potassium channel genes from Drosophila melanogaster and Caenorhabditis elegans. Other aspects of the present invention include methods of assaying substances to determine effects on cell growth. Also presented are methods of controlling nematode and insect pests by inhibiting potassium channels substantially homologous to those encoded by nucleotide sequences as described herein.