Episodic ataxia mutations in Kv1.1 alter potassium channel function by dominant negative effects or haploinsufficiency

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2842-2848

  Zerr, Patricia ^a   Adelman, John P ^a   Maylie, James ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dominant negative effects; Episodic ataxia; Haploinsufficiency; K channel; Neurological disease; Oocyte expression

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HAPLOIDY; HETEROZYGOSITY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOICHIOMETRY; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0032523120     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-08-02842.1998     Document Type: Article

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