Genomic organization and mutational analysis of KVLQT1, a gene responsible for familial long QT syndrome

Human Genetics

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 290-294

  Itoh, Toshio ^a,b   Tanaka, Toshihiro ^a   Nagai, Ryozo ^b   Kikuchi, Kenjiro ^c   Ogawa, Satoshi ^d   Okada, Shintaro ^e   Yamagata, Shiro ^f   Yano, Katsusuke ^g   Yazaki, Yoshio ^h   Nakamura, Yusuke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^d KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^f SAITAMA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^g NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOME; HUMAN; INTRON; LONG QT SYNDROME; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EXONS; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; JAPAN; KCNQ POTASSIUM CHANNELS; KCNQ1 POTASSIUM CHANNEL; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0031706255     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004390050819     Document Type: Article

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