Structural and mutational analysis of KCNQ2, the major gene locus for benign familial neonatal convulsions

Human Genetics

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 234-240

  Biervert, Christian ^a   Steinlein, Ortrud K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CHROMOSOME 20Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DNA DETERMINATION; EPILEPSY; EXON; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; INTRON; MONOGENIC DISORDER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RNA SPLICING; SEIZURE; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EXONS; FAMILY HEALTH; GENES; HUMANS; INTRONS; KCNQ2 POTASSIUM CHANNEL; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; SEIZURES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0032911049     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004390050941     Document Type: Article

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