End-plate γ- and ε-subunit mRNA levels in AChR deficiency syndrome due to ε-subunit null mutations

Brain

Volumn 124, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1362-1372

  Croxen, Rebecca ^a,c   Young, Carol ^b   Slater, Clarke ^b   Haslam, Sonya ^a   Brydson, Martin ^a   Vincent, Angela ^a   Beeson, David ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CeNeS Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AChR; Congenital myasthenic syndrome; In situ hybridization; mRNA

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR DEFICIENCY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATON LAMBERT SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MINIATURE ENDPLATE POTENTIAL; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOPSY; BUNGAROTOXINS; CELL LINE; CHILD; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KIDNEY; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTOR ENDPLATE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUTATION; MYASTHENIC SYNDROMES, CONGENITAL; PEDIGREE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0034962933     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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