Genetic modifiers affecting severity of epilepsy caused by mutation of sodium channel Scn2a

Mammalian Genome

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 683-690

  Bergren, Sarah K ^a   Chen, Shu ^a   Galecki, Andrzej ^a   Kearney, Jennifer A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME 19; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SEIZURE; SURVIVAL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, MAMMALIAN; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; GENOTYPE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SODIUM CHANNELS;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 23644451209     PISSN: 09388990     EISSN: 14321777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00335-005-0049-4     Document Type: Article

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