A β-subunit mutation in the acetylcholine receptor channel gate causes severe slow-channel syndrome

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 712-723

  Gomez, Christopher M ^a   Maselli, Ricardo ^b   Gammack, Jason ^a   Lasalde, Jose ^b   Tamamizu, Shiori ^b   Cornblath, David R ^c   Lehar, Mohamed ^c   McNamee, Mark ^b   Kuncl, Ralph W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CASE REPORT; CHANNEL GATING; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENDPLATE POTENTIAL; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE INJURY; MYASTHENIA; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; POINT MUTATION; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CODON; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOME; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE FIBERS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANES; SYNDROME;

EID: 0029900298     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410390607     Document Type: Article

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