Mutations in different functional domains of the human muscle acetylcholine receptor α subunit in patients with the slow-channel congenital myasthenic syndrome

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 767-774

  Croxen, Rebecca ^a   Newland, Claire ^a   Beeson, David ^a   Oosterhuis, Hans ^b   Chauplannaz, Guy ^c   Vincent, Angela ^a   Newsom Davis, John ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c HÔPITAL NEUROLOGIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; ION CHANNEL; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EATON LAMBERT SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; MALE; MYASTHENIA; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030987817     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/6.5.767     Document Type: Article

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