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. 2011 Dec 19;590(Pt 4):809–825. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2011.222836

Table 1.

Voltage-gated calcium channel genes in vertebrates and Drosophila

Vertebrate gene nomenclature new/old* Currents  Activation  Drosophila homolog/annotation number Alternative name/allele Drosophila references
Cav1.1/α1S Cav1.2/α1C Cav1.3/α1D Cav1.4/α1F L-type HVA** DmCa1D/CG4894 Ca-α1D Zheng et al. 1995; Worrell & Levine, 2008
Cav2.1/α1A Cav2.2/α1B Cav2.3/α1E P/Q-type N-type R-type HVA DmCa1A/CG43368 cacophony (cac); nightblindA (nbA) Smith et al. 1996; Peixoto et al. 1997{BK38}
Cav3.1/α1G Cav3.2/α1H Cav3.3/α1I T-type LVA DmαG/CG15899 Ca1G; Dmα1G; Dmα1T; Ca-α1T Gielow et al. 1995; Littleton & Ganetzky, 2000
*

Vertebrate calcium channel nomenclature is according to Dolphin (2009).

**

For Cav1 channels activation voltages of more hyperpolarized potentials have been reported (Chen et al. 2009; Striessnig et al. 2010; Bock et al. 2011).