Response to Allard: A minor (albeit significant) role for voltage-induced calcium release in Caenorhabditis elegans muscles

Luna Gao^{1

2}, Evan Ardiel^{1

2}, Stephen Nurrish^{1

2}, Joshua M Kaplan^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114.
² Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.
³ Program in Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.

Luna Gao et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024.

. 2024 Sep 24;121(39):e2415044121.

doi: 10.1073/pnas.2415044121. Epub 2024 Sep 16.

Luna Gao^{1

2}, Evan Ardiel^{1

2}, Stephen Nurrish^{1

2}, Joshua M Kaplan^{1

2

3}

¹ Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114.
² Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.
³ Program in Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests statement:The authors declare no competing interest.

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