Sodium channels SCN1A, SCN2A and SCN3A in familial autism

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 186-194

  Weiss, L A ^a   Escayg, A ^a   Kearney, J A ^a   Trudeau, M ^a   MacDonald, B T ^a   Mori, M ^b   Reichert, J ^c   Buxbaum, J D ^c   Meisler, M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Calmodulin; Chr 2; Genetic susceptibility; Neurogenetics; Sodium channel

Indexed keywords

CALMODULIN; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CHROMOSOME 2; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INTRON; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; EXONS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INTRONS; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PEDIGREE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SODIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 0037222315     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4001241     Document Type: Article

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