Spontaneous deletion of epilepsy gene orthologs in a mutant mouse with a low eletroconvulsive threshold

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 975-984

  Yang, Yan ^a   Beyer, Barbara J ^a   Otto, James F ^b   O'Brien, Timothy P ^a   Letts, Verity A ^a   White, H Steve ^b   Frankel, Wayne N ^a  

^a JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHYLNITROSOUREA; GENOMIC DNA; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CHROMOSOME 2; CLONIC SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; EPILEPSY; FAMILY; GENDER; GENE DELETION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC SCREENING; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; INCIDENCE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY; SEIZURE THRESHOLD; TELOMERE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BODY CONSTITUTION; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; EPILEPSY; HETEROZYGOTE; HIPPOCAMPUS; KCNQ2 POTASSIUM CHANNEL; MICE; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; SEQUENCE DELETION;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0038702369     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddg118     Document Type: Review

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