Mutations in the KCNA1 gene associated with episodic ataxia type-1 syndrome impair heteromeric voltage-gated K+ channel function

FASEB Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1335-1345

  D'Adamo, Maria Cristina ^a   Imbrici, Paola ^a   Sponcichetti, Fabio ^a   Pessia, Mauro ^a,b  

^a Laboratorio Angela Valenti dei Fattori Genetici e Ambientali di Rischio Trombotico   (Italy)

^b CMNS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; hKv1.1; hKv1.2; Myokymia; Potassium channel gating

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; ATAXIA; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; KINETICS; MYOKYMIA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032782657     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.13.11.1335     Document Type: Article

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