Truncation of the Shaker-like voltage-gated potassium channel, Kv1.1, causes megencephaly

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 3231-3240

  Petersson, Susanna ^a   Persson, Ann Sophie ^a   Johansen, Jeanette E ^a   Ingvar, Martin ^a   Nilsson, Johanna ^a   Klement, Göran ^a   Århem, Peter ^a   Schalling, Martin ^a   Lavebratt, Catharina ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brain; kcna1; mceph; Mouse; Mutation

Indexed keywords

KV1.2 PROTEIN; KV1.3 PROTEIN; MCEPH PROTEIN; PROTEIN; SHAKER POTASSIUM CHANNEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOSIS; BASE PAIRING; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPERTROPHY; KCNA1 GENE; KCNA2 GENE; KCNA3 GENE; LEUKODYSTROPHY; MARKER GENE; MCEPH GENE; MEGENCEPHALY; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; MOUSE STRAIN; N TERMINAL DOMAIN; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEIZURE; SHAKER LIKE VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL KV1.1 GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DOWN-REGULATION; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE DELETION; HYPERTROPHY; KV1.1 POTASSIUM CHANNEL; KV1.2 POTASSIUM CHANNEL; KV1.3 POTASSIUM CHANNEL; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEIZURES;

EID: 0346245912     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2003.03044.x     Document Type: Article

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