Novel delta subunit mutation in slow-channel syndrome causes severe weakness by novel mechanisms

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 102-112

  Gomez, Christopher M ^a   Maselli, Ricardo A ^b   Vohra, Bhupinder P S ^c   Navedo, Manuel ^d   Stiles, Joel R ^d   Charnet, Pierre ^d   Schott, Kelly ^d   Rojas, Legier ^e   Keesey, John ^f   Verity, Anthony ^g   Wollmann, Robert W ^h   Lasalde Dominicci, Jose ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^d CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^g UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYASTHENIA; OOCYTE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; XENOPUS;

ADOLESCENT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHILD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTOR ENDPLATE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MYASTHENIC SYNDROMES, CONGENITAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; OOCYTES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POINT MUTATION; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; XENOPUS;

EID: 0036135172     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.10077     Document Type: Article

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